| Release Date: | Jun 1966 |
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| Genre: | Action / War / Drama / Adventure |
| Awards: | Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 nominations |
| Cast: | George Peppard (Lt. Bruno Stachel), James Mason (General Count von Klugermann), Ursula Andress (Countess Kaeti von Klugermann), Jeremy Kemp (Willi von Klugermann), Karl Michael Vogler (Colonel Otto Heidemann), Anton Diffring (Holbach), Harry Towb (Kettering), Peter Woodthorpe (Corporal Rupp), Derek Newark (Ziegel), Derren Nesbitt (Fabian), Loni von Friedl (Elfi Heidemann (as Loni Von Friedl)), Friedrich von Ledebur (The Field Marshal (as Friedrich Ledebur)), Carl Schell (Von Richthofen aka The Red Baron), Hugo Schuster (Hans. Elderly Servant), Alex Scott (The Orator) |
The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country's most honored medal, the Blue Max. The General finds him useful as a hero even though his wife also finds him useful as a love object. In the end the General arranges for him to test-fly an untried fighter.