The Blue Max
There was no quiet on the Western Front!
1966 · 2h 36m · Approved
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Directed by
John Guillermin
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The Blue Max
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.
Director and cast
- John Guillermin Director
- George Peppard as Lt. Bruno Stachel
- James Mason as General Count von Klugermann
- Ursula Andress as Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
- Jeremy Kemp as Willi von Klugermann
- Karl Michael Vogler as Colonel Otto Heidemann
- Anton Diffring as Holbach
- Harry Townes as Kettering
- Peter Woodthorpe as Rupp
- Derek Newark as Ziegel
- Derren Nesbitt as Fabian
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