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The Hindenburg
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
1975 · Directed by Robert Wise · 125 min · History · Thriller · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg?
Crew
- Screenplay: Nelson Gidding
- Cinematography: Robert Surtees
- Edited by: Donn Cambern
- Music: David Shire
- Production design: Edward C. Carfagno
- Produced by: Robert Wise
Cast
- George C. Scott as Col. Franz Ritter
- Anne Bancroft as Ursula
- William Atherton as Boerth
- Roy Thinnes as Martin Vogel
- Gig Young as Edward Douglas
- Burgess Meredith as Emilio Pajetta
- Charles Durning as Captain Pruss
- Richard Dysart as Lehman
- Robert Clary as Joe Spah
- René Auberjonois as Major Napier
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Filmakers Group, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Themes: based on true story, airship, tragic event, historical event, hindenburg, dirigible, aviation disaster, air disaster
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