The Blue Max

Jun 21, 1966

2h 36m

★ 6.8

There was no quiet on the Western Front!

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Action

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Lt. Bruno Stachel

George Peppard

General Count von Klugermann

James Mason

Countess Kaeti von Klugermann

Ursula Andress

Willi von Klugermann

Jeremy Kemp

Colonel Otto Heidemann

Karl Michael Vogler

Holbach

Anton Diffring

Kettering

Harry Townes

Rupp

Peter Woodthorpe

Ziegel

Derek Newark

Fabian

Derren Nesbitt

Elfi Heidemann

Loni von Friedl

Feldmarschall von Lenndorf

Friedrich von Ledebur

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