Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Nelson GiddingCinematography:
Robert SurteesComposer:
David ShireCast:
George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning, Richard Dysart, Robert Clary, Rene Auberjonois (more)VOD (1)
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Assigned as a colonel by the German government to prevent any plans of sabotage during the Hindenburg's transatlantic voyage, Franz Ritter (Scott) suspects everyone aboard the luxury ship, especially a German countess (Bancroft) vehemently opposed to the Nazi regime. (Shock Entertainment)
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I think the version that the Hindenburg disaster was caused by an assassination is very plausible, and I quite like the way this film portrays the most propriated theory of all. Wise's film does drag at times, but for most of its runtime it has momentum, fantastic visual effects (which still amaze me today, so I don't have to write "for the time"), excellent music by Shiro, and it is perfectly cast. The plot is plausible and based on practically all documented facts, and I regretted only the omission of Hugo Eckener, the "father of the Hindenburg", who appeared in the film only at the beginning, grunted that he would not fly, and nothing more.
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