The Airship

The Airship

1983
1h 57m
1.0

1.0/10

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Overview

Franz Xavier Stannebein, a young boy at the turn of the 20th century, wants to do nothing more than fly. He carries this dream through his years at an orphanage and into adulthood as a merchant in Spain. He eventually invests everything he has into building his own version of an airship. He later meets some industrialists in Germany who want to support his idea, and they ask him to build an airfield in Spain. When he sees the Nazis use the field during the Spanish Civil War, however, he feels betrayed and goes to Germany to protest. There he is thrown into an insane asylum in Leipzig. After WWII, his grandson and other survivors of the family searches for him, only to find the empty asylum... Based on the novel Das Luft-Schiff. Biografische Nachlasse zu den Fantasien meines Grossvaters (1974) by Fritz Rudolf Fries. The non-camera animation in the film was created by internationally known director Lutz Dammbeck.

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production Countries
Germany East Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Quick Facts

Original Title Das Luftschiff
Release Date March 17, 1983
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0085876

Cast

Jörg Gudzuhn
Jörg Gudzuhn

Stannebein

Hermann Beyer
Hermann Beyer

Kießling

Kurt Böwe
Kurt Böwe

Psychologe

Gudrun Ritter
Gudrun Ritter

Polonia

Elisa Montés
Elisa Montés

Katrin Knappe
Katrin Knappe

Johanna Schall
Johanna Schall

György Lencz
György Lencz

Jürgen Holtz
Jürgen Holtz

Arno Wyzniewski
Arno Wyzniewski

Friedo Solter
Friedo Solter

Victor Deiß
Victor Deiß

Key Crew

Rainer Simon
Director
Rainer Simon
Writer
Fritz Rudolf Fries
Writer

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