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Director:
Etienne Périer
Writers:
Arthur Rowe (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
6 October 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | War more
Plot:
The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position... more | add synopsis
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worth seeing just for the aerial scenes more (16 total)

Cast

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Michael York ... Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Elke Sommer ... Erika Altschul
Peter Carsten ... Major Tauntler
Marius Goring ... Prof. Altschul
Anton Diffring ... Colonel Hirsch
Andrew Keir ... Von Gorian (LZ36 commander)
Rupert Davies ... Captain Whitney
Alexandra Stewart ... Stephanie
William Marlowe ... Anderson
Richard Hurndall ... Blinker Hall - Chief of Naval Intelligence
Michael Robbins ... Cockney Sergeant
George Mikell ... German Officer
Clive Morton ... Lord Delford
Gary Waldhorn ... Harlich

Alan Rothwell ... Brandner
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min | UK:97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:G | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, UK more
Company:
Getty & Fromkess Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The LZ36 of history first flew on 8 March 1915 and was operated by the German navy (not the army) as 'L9'. The ship carried out 74 reconnaissance missions in the North Sea, four air-raids on England dropping 5683kg of bombs, and several attacks on British submarines. It caught fire and was destroyed in its shed at Fuhlsbuttel on 16 September 1916 together with L6. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When showing Richter-Douglas around the airship,Erika Altschul tells him that the occupants of the observation capsule can communicate with their crew-mates by telephone.However no telephone cable is connected to the capsule. more
Quotes:
Geoffrey von Richter-Douglas: Where are the parachutes?
Frau Dr. Ericka Altschul: What parachutes?
Geoffrey von Richter-Douglas: Well, for emergencies. How do you get out of here quickly?
Von Gorian: Jump.
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worth seeing just for the aerial scenes, 9 March 2006
8/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

While I will admit that the plot of ZEPPELIN is okay and not the best I have ever seen, I still like this movie a lot. Michael York plays a British agent that pretends to defect in order to learn the German airship secrets. Along the way he meets the extremely attractive Elke Sommer, though what all that has to do with war, I never was really certain.

The film concerns an era that we seldom talk about--WWI and the terror that seized the Allies when the Germans first rained bombs on an unsuspecting London. For the life of me, I can't recall another movie that mentions this in any way, so historically speaking this is an important topic.

I was fortunate enough to have seen this film on the big screen when it first came out in the very early 1970s. I remember sitting in the first row in the balcony and watching the big screen as the Zeppelin first appeared up out of the clouds--pretty reminiscent of the shark attacking in the later film, JAWS! Much of the film is set on the dirigible, the scenery is great and the Zeppelin scenes are pretty realistic. Give it a try--it's a forgotten and worthwhile film.

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