Zeppelin

1971 "The Great War's most explosive moment!"
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Released: 06 October 1971 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
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The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.

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Adventure, Drama, War

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Director

Étienne Périer

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Warner Bros. Pictures

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AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
g-hope135 Airships have always been fascinating forms of air travel, being large, luxurious, stealthy and efficient, i cant help but feel we need to see 21st century view on it. The film itself is moderatley entertaining , at times can get slow, bu its the dogfights and music that make it worthwhile. The closest to modern views were the 2006 film flyboys, and the 2011 German film Hindenburg. however, the airship in flyboys was only in one scene and the Hindenburg was a passenger liner in the intra-war period. It feels as though there should be a 21st century ww1 airship themed movie with an improved story, and well choreographed dogfights.
redguardwon Produced as Ronald Getty's (son of J.Paul Getty) venture into motion pictures it attempted to explore a subject that had up to its point only been explored through the explosion of the German airship Hindenburg. It attempted to tell the story of loyalties with the then current anti-military fashion (petty drum rolls when the more dramatic and militaristic "We Sail Against England" was originally written would have provided a contrast needed).Since the general public's reaction to a philo-German film was unknown it was thought that any overt militarism (such as the "Blue Max") should be down because the subject matter of Zeppelins without swastikas (i.e., The Hindenburg) was an unknown commodity thus a safe course was taken and downed played and thus weakening the film. Originally, scenes of epic battles waging beneath the skies of blue were considered and deleted.In a story meeting Bob Wise's underplay of German militarism in "The Sound of Music" was argued as the public's desire to see Germania topics -- as fodder for story antagaonists without their significance.It remains at least to me an attempt to discuss loyalty, love's betrayal and history on a very very limited budget.I remember researching it with dad. What interested Getty was that his father's oil company furnished Germany's airships during the First World War. His contribution despite his then titanic sums available to him for a variety of reasons was very modest. Rumor had it J. Paul called Jack Warner and was concerned that his son was investing in movies and what could he expect... Ronald should however be commended because without his involvement no film on zeppelin would have been made at all (of the very limited collection of zeppelin films thus far).The film could have used an injection of drama that was unfortunately out of vogue during the time of its production. This sounds like an excuss but one must remember it took "Patton" ten years to be produced out of similiar concerns. It was private money after all...To dad... thanks for the memory ol' fella will miss ya...
heckles Can you believe the Germans thinking they could cow Britain into surrender by--destroying the original of the Magna Carta? Can you believe taking the female sex interest, wearing a fashionable fur coat no less, along on the raid? Can you believe a Zeppelin could carry about a battalion of stormtroopers in full kit? Almost as many unintentional laughs as "Shining Through", and that's saying a lot.
Slap This was a not-entirely-satisfying tribute to neutrality and pacifism with many minor plot lines ``resolved'' in a sophomoric fashion. As an example, does the Doctor make his decision because of the Germans' military use of his life's work; York and Sommer's faux-affair (for which there is no evidence, anyway); A patriotic attempt to ``drop ballast''??? Still, the plot was compelling, a British officer torn between his current loyalty and his recent German roots. I had sympathy for York's character, but the conclusion had too many loose ends and was too vanilla to satisfy.