Rating: PG13
Genres:
Action
Drama
Historical Film
War
Release Date: 04/24/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 96 min
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM
This film of the wartime exploits of Baron Von Richthoven, who was also known as the "Red Baron," was a relatively lavish Corman-brothers production, and is directed by
Roger Corman. The film's airborne dogfight sequences are among its most notable features. Vintage World War I airplanes were used, and accidents during filming resulted in one death and several injuries. The evolution of airborne warfare from being a sporting game between gentlemen to its use as an instrument of total war is integral to the story. Von Richthoven (
John Phillip Law), who becomes an air ace and an important German hero, was an early aeronautical rival of Hermann Goering (
Barry Primus). So important was he to German morale that he was asked to retire from fighting, so that he could assume a position in the post-war German government. He refused, and was killed by a young Canadian (
Don Stroud) in an airborne battle. Spookily enough, even though he died in the air, his plane is reputed to have landed intact.
~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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