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5.7/10 Movieo Music by Robert Küssel Production company Tobis Film | 6.3/10 IMDb Produced by Fred Lyssa Music director Robert Küssel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Herbert Maisch
Hans Bertram Written by Wolf Neumeister (de)
Hans Bertram Starring Christian Kayßler
Otto Wernicke
Heinz Welzel
Hermann Braun Cinematography Georg Krause
Heinz von Jaworsky Initial release 26 October 1939 (Stralsund) Directors Hans Bertram, Herbert Maisch Screenplay Hans Bertram, Wolf Neumeister Cast Otto Wernicke, Hermann Braun, Christian Kayßler, Heinz Welzel, Carsta Löck Similar Carl Peters, Alarm in Peking, Kampfgeschwader Lützow, Tiger Town, Sounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D III 88 (sometimes written as DIII 88) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and Hans Bertram and starring Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke and Heinz Welzel. It was made as a propaganda film with the support of Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, and was the last of a series of Nazi aviation films to be made before the outbreak of World War II . It was one of the most commercially successful films released during the Nazi era. It was praised by Joseph Goebbels as "an irreproachable film of national destiny". The title, referring to the serial number of the Albatros D.III flown by one of the characters in the World War I, was an attempt to re-inforce the propaganda link between the modern Luftwaffe and that of World War I.
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Two extraordinary young pilots engage in a competitive rivalry and also fight over the same girl. In an effort to show off both fly into a dangerous storm, damaging their planes and are suspended from duty. They are finally convinced by their commanding officer, a veteran of World War I, to use their talents in a more disciplined way for their country.