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Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 78% of the 118 1960s war movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 36m.
Synopsis
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
128 audience votes
Key crew
- John GuillerminDirector
- David PursallWriter
- Gerald HanleyWriter
- Jack SeddonWriter
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George PeppardLt. Bruno Stachel
- James MasonGeneral Count von Klugermann
- Ursula AndressCountess Kaeti von Klugermann
- Jeremy KempWilli von Klugermann
- Karl Michael VoglerColonel Otto Heidemann
- Anton DiffringHolbach
- Harry TownesKettering
- Peter WoodthorpeRupp
- Derek NewarkZiegel
- Derren NesbittFabian
- Loni von FriedlElfi Heidemann
- Friedrich von LedeburFeldmarschall von Lenndorf
Stills
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Themes
countrysidegermanyworld war iair forcefighter airplanecode of honorbiplanepropeller airplaneexploding airplanemedal of honormilitary airplaneflying ace
The Best Movies of 1966
The Blue Max is #20 of 60
