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Hindenburg (1975) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
125 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1975 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Wise

Written By:
Nelson Gidding
Richard Levinson

Actors:
George C. Scott ..... Col. Franz Ritter
Anne Bancroft ..... Ursula, The Countess
William Atherton ..... Boerth
Roy Thinnes ..... Martin Vogel
Gig Young ..... Edward Douglas
Burgess Meredith ..... Emilio Pajetta
Charles Durning ..... Capt. Pruss
Richard Dysart ..... Capt. Lehman
Robert Clary ..... Joe Spahn
Rene Auberjonois ..... Maj. Napier
Peter Donat ..... Reed Channing
Alan Oppenheimer ..... Albert Breslau
Katherine Helmond ..... Mrs. Mildred Breslau
Joanna Moore ..... Mrs. Channing
Stephen Elliott ..... Capt. Fellows

Synopsis:

Col. Ritter (George C. Scott) is called up by the German high command to settle concerns that a sabotage conspiracy is at work on blowing up the Hindenburg at some point in its highly reported voyage to New Jersey in the United States. Ritter moves into action by monitoring all the passengers as they board the lighter-than-air craft taking the opportunity to find out specifics about each one and reasons for traveling. After the craft is afloat, Ritter continues to look over the mechanics and the servicing of the craft doggedly determined to quell any possible problems. After determining that there is indeed a plot afoot to destroy the aircraft, Ritter responds by trying to get the craft to land and get the passengers off safely.

A fictional account of the events leading to the explosion of the German airship, the Hindenburg, while it was attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 is presented. Such hydrogen-powered airships, built by Frankfurt-based Zeppelin, are flouted by the Nazis as a symbol of their global power, despite Zeppelin officials largely and openly not being Nazi supporters. Although the Germans have received crank reports of such before, they believe that a letter they receive from Kathie Rauch of Milwaukee stating that a time bomb will explode aboard the Hindenburg while flying over American soil to be genuine in its threat because of the specificity of her claims. As such, the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda, which corroborates that the letter's claims support their own intelligence, employs Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter to act 'quietly' as chief of security for the next Germany to US flight, when the explosion is to occur. The Nazis do not know that Ritter is not a supporter of their policies, he who would leave the German military if he could, but he does tell them that he believes such airships, even the Hindenburg, to be 'flying dinosaurs'. What the Nazis don't tell him but what he learns once on board is that the Gestapo have also enlisted an operative, Martin Vogel, for that flight, he who is undercover as the staff photographer. Ritter and Vogel are often at odds with each other on the approach to take on the process of identifying and dealing with a bomber. Although Mrs. Rauch is ultimately identified as a crackpot, Ritter does believe that there truly is a bomber on board, based on evidence he and Vogel collect of the disparate group of passengers and the crew, many of who seem to have the ability or motive to blow up the Hindenburg. What Ritter decides to do is based largely on his anti-Nazi feelings, but his actions may be compromised by Vogel's own strong Nazi leanings.

The Hindenburg is the pride of Nazi Germany, a dirigible with regular flights from Frankfurt to Lakehurst, New Jersey. When the Germans receive a warning that the Hindenburg will be destroyed by a bomb as it flies over New York City, they assign Luftwaffe Colonel Ritter to travel on the airship as its security officer. There are many passengers on board - a German countess, a circus clown, two card sharks and many others - and Ritter is kept busy keeping an eye on them as well as the crew. When they learn that the person who reported the threat is actually a self-styled psychic, there is some question as to whether they may be chasing shadows. Ritter soon learns otherwise.

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