Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Nelson GiddingCinematography:
Robert SurteesComposer:
David ShireCast:
George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning, Richard Dysart, Robert Clary, Rene Auberjonois (more)VOD (1)
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George C. Scott leads an all-star cast in this imaginative suspense thriller that attempts to shed some light on the historic disaster even as its intricate plot unfolds. As a colonel assigned by the German government to make certain no one sabotages the Hindenburg on its transatlantic voyage, Scott suspects everyone aboard the luxury ship - particularly a German countess (Anne Bancroft) vehemently opposed to the Nazi regime. Stylishly directed by Robert Wise and co-starring Burgess Meredith, Gig Young, Charles Durning and Richard Dysart, The Hindenburg brings to life one of aviation's most infamous events and one of the screen's most engrossing mysteries. (Platform Entertainment Limited)
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I think the version that the Hindenburg disaster was caused by an assassination is very plausible, and I quite like the way this film portrays the most propriated theory of all. Wise's film does drag at times, but for most of its runtime it has momentum, fantastic visual effects (which still amaze me today, so I don't have to write "for the time"), excellent music by Shiro, and it is perfectly cast. The plot is plausible and based on practically all documented facts, and I regretted only the omission of Hugo Eckener, the "father of the Hindenburg", who appeared in the film only at the beginning, grunted that he would not fly, and nothing more.
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