Flight for Freedom (1943)
- Directed by
- Lothar Mendes
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A fictionalized version of Amelia Earhart's life story. It focuses on her famous disappearance during a world flight. The film suggests her plane was lost while on a secret mission for the United States government.
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What happens
Flight for Freedom (also known as Stand By to Die) is a 1943 American drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray and Herbert Marshall. Film historians and Earhart scholars consider Flight for Freedom an à clef version of Amelia Earhart's life story, concentrating on the sensational aspects of her disappearance during her 1937 world flight. The film's ending speculated that the main character's disappearance was connected to a secret mission on behalf of the U.S. government. As a propaganda film, the Japanese characters in Flight for Freedom were portrayed as devious and evil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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