Hindenburg: The Last Flight 

About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937.

Stars:

Hannes Jaenicke, Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Gilles Broca 2 episodes, 2013
Maximilian Simonischek	...	Merten Kröger 2 episodes, 2013
Lauren Lee Smith	...	Jennifer van Zandt 2 episodes, 2013
Stacy Keach	...	Edward van Zandt 2 episodes, 2013
Greta Scacchi	...	Helen van Zandt 2 episodes, 2013
Hinnerk Schönemann	...	Alfred Sauter 2 episodes, 2013
Justus von Dohnányi	...	Max Kaufmann 2 episodes, 2013
Christiane Paul	...	Anna Kerner 2 episodes, 2013
Pierre Besson	...	Gottfried Kerner 2 episodes, 2013
Alicia von Rittberg	...	Gisela Kerner 2 episodes, 2013
Marvin Bockers	...	Eric Kerner 2 episodes, 2013
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Karl Erdmann 2 episodes, 2013
Sönke Möhring	...	Paul Erdmann 2 episodes, 2013
Heiner Lauterbach	...	Hugo Eckener 2 episodes, 2013
Michael Schenk	...	Bastian Leopold 2 episodes, 2013
Megan Gay	...	Olivia Norris 2 episodes, 2013
Ulrich Noethen	...	Kapitän Lehmann 2 episodes, 2013
Jürgen Schornagel	...	Kapitän Pruss 2 episodes, 2013
Martin Armknecht	...	Chefsteward Kubis 2 episodes, 2013
Robert Seeliger	...	Singer 2 episodes, 2013
Antoine Monot Jr.	...	Wireless Operator Schmidt 2 episodes, 2013
Jascha Stiller	...	Jakob the Cabin Boy 2 episodes, 2013
Kai Henschel	...	Höhensteuerpilot 2 episodes, 2013

Storyline

About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937.

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Plot Keywords:

black smoke | zeppelin | burning airship | combustion | catastrophe | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Goofs

At the beginning of the movie when they are launching the glider you can see (three times!) a vapor trail from a modern jet-plane in the sky.

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Connections

Version of The Hindenburg (1975)

User Reviews

How to waste 10 Million Euros...

The Hindenburg disaster had interested me for years and there have been a number of good documentary features as well as a quite decent Hollywood movie. Now, RTL Germany wanted to impress its viewers with a 10 Million Euro spectacle of the tragic disaster - mixed with a lot of drama, suspense and love of course. What sounds quite intriguing at first quickly unfolds to a beginners guide on how to waste 10 Million Euros.

In the first minute of the film I was amazed, that the opening titles already contained the best images of the Zeppelin SFX Explosion - a thing which I would have saved for the very last. Then, the viewer has to endure annoying E-Guitar music for the first few scenes. This film is supposed to be set in 1937 so the musical choice is a definite let-down right from the start and continues to bother me as a viewer in repetitive manner.

The cast of the US-German production mainly consists of well-known German actors and internationally renowned names like Greta Scacchi, Stacy Keach and Lauren Lee Smith. Despite a good line-up of actors, the characters can only be described as boring and stereotypical which hints to a poor and uninspired script.

Although the plot is supposedly built around the Hindenburg disaster, the viewer is dragged for 3 long hours through an almost ridiculous storyline with a few twists and turns that eventually lead up to the films climax. The initial idea behind the script is good and would have made quite a nice 2 hour feature film - but not more.

My conclusion after having seen the entire film is simple: Too much dramatization, weak characters, a bad musical score but still nice Special and Visual effects. Nevertheless, effects don't necessarily make a good movie and giving a tragedy like the Hindenburg explosion the modern day "Disaster-Movie-Treatment" the way it was done here can only be considered as shameless and embarrassing.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site at UFA.de

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hindenburg

Filming Locations:

Faberschloß, Stein, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

EUR10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

RTL, TeamWorx Television & Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min (movie)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1