The Red Baron
The Red Baron (also known by its original German title, Der Rote Baron) is a 2008 German-British biographical action war film written and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön about the World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron". The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger and Lena Headey. The Red Baron was filmed entirely in English to improve its international commercial viability.
Plot
In 1916, Manfred von Richthofen is serving as a fighter pilot with the Imperial German Air Service along the Western Front. After dropping a wreath over the funeral of an Allied pilot, Richthofen and his fellow pilots Werner Voss and Friedrich Sternberg encounter a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps led by Captain Lanoe Hawker. Richthofen shoots down Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown. After pulling Brown out of the wreckage of his aircraft, Richthofen assists Nurse Käte Otersdorf with a tourniquet on Brown's leg.
Cast
- Adam Misík
- Axel Prahl
- Braňo Holiček
- Brian Caspe
- Gitta Schweighöfer
- Hanno Koffler
- Igor Chmela
- Iveta Jiříčková
- Jan Vlasák
- Jiří Kout
- Josef Vinklář
- Joseph Fiennes
- Julie Engelbrecht
- Ladislav Frej
- Lena Headey
- Luise Bähr
- Lukáš Příkazký
- Matthias Schweighöfer
- Maxim Mehmet
- Ralph Misske
- Richard Krajčo
- Robert Nebřenský
- Rostislav Novák
- Steffen Schroeder
- Til Schweiger
- Tino Mewes
- Václav Jílek
- Vlastina Svátková
- Volker Bruch
More details
| author | Nikolai Müllerschön |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgium Berlin |
| director | Nikolai Müllerschön |
| editor | Christian Lonk |
| events | aviation Imperial German Air Service Manfred von Richthofen Western Front of World War I |
| genre | action adventure drama romance western |
| keywords | aerial battle allied line arthur roy brown begin bomb field hospital field marshal fight fighter pilot fly fokker force friedrich sternberg german jew german spring offensive horrify jewish kill kurt wolff land lanoe hawker lothar von richthofen luftstreitkrafte paul von hindenburg pour le mérite prisoner of war read royal flying corps spring spring offensive strafe werner voss west western front wolfram von richthofen wound |
| musicBy | Stefan Hansen |
| productionCompany | Niama Film |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Czech Republic |
| theme | biographical war |