The Hindenburg
Colonel Franz Ritter, once a celebrated hero pilot, now serving in military intelligence, is assigned to the formidable Hindenburg as its chief of security. Racing against time to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin, he discovers that any passenger or crew member could be the culprit.
Director(s)
Robert Wise
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Facts
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Contrary to the film's implication, Hitler refused to name the LZ129 after him because he viewed airships as dangerous and impractical.
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Marine Corps Air Station Tustin provided two existing 1,000-foot hangars built for airships to serve as the mooring station set.
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The protagonist Franz Ritter was based on Fritz Erdmann, while the saboteur Karl Boerth was modeled after Eric Spehl.
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The Bosun Hoban character was based on Frederick 'Bull' Tobin, who coordinated the actual rescue efforts after the real disaster.
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CinemaSerf
Starts and finishes with some astonishing original footage of the engineering marvel that was the Zeppelin "Hindenburg". The middle is all historical circumspection that tries to arrive at precisely what did cause this airship to come to such a conflagrant end. George C. Scott ("Col. Ritter") and Anne Bancroft ("The Countess") lead a cast; some based on real persons, some not, as we leave Frankfurt to head for New York. Once airborne, "Ritter" becomes aware that there may be an attempt to sabotage this symbol of Nazi power by fifth columnists and so we are now in a race against time to save the passengers and crew from this fiery fate... It is a pretty run-of-the-mill thriller; with Bancroft injecting more than a little class to keep the otherwise rather pedestrian plot from crashing far earlier than the ship did. The SFX are actually not too bad, but the dialogue and pace of the whole thing just leave you a little bit cold....
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The Hindenburg FAQs
Robert Wise is the director of The Hindenburg.
The cast of The Hindenburg includes Charles Durning as Captain Pruss, Peter Donat as Reed Channing, Alan Oppenheimer as Albert Breslau, Simon Scott as Luftwaffe General, Katherine Helmond as Mrs. Mildred Breslau, William Sylvester as Luftwaffe Colonel, Joe Turkel as Detective Moore, Anne Bancroft as Ursula, Burgess Meredith as Emilio Pajetta, Kip Niven as Lt. Truscott, Richard Dysart as Lehman, William Atherton as Boerth, and more.
The duration of The Hindenburg is 2h 5 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Hindenburg trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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The Hindenburg was released on 25 Dec 1975.
The Hindenburg is listed under History, Thriller, and Drama on Fanbiz.
The Hindenburg has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Starts and finishes with some astonishing original footage of the engineering marvel that was the Zeppelin "Hindenburg". The middle is all historical circumspection that tries t..."
1. Contrary to the film's implication, Hitler refused to name the LZ129 after him because he viewed airships as dangerous and impractical. 2. Marine Corps Air Station Tustin provided two existing 1,000-foot hangars built for airships to serve as the mooring station set. 3. The protagonist Franz Ritter was based on Fritz Erdmann, while the saboteur Karl Boerth was modeled after Eric Spehl. 4. The Bosun Hoban character was based on Frederick 'Bull' Tobin, who coordinated the actual rescue efforts after the real disaster.
