The Star of Africa (1957)

Original title

Der Stern von Afrika

Directed by

Alfred Weidenmann

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film

Country

Germany, Spain

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film about a German fighter pilot in World War II. It follows his combat missions and rise to fame. The movie shows his career but avoids deeper questions about the war.

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What happens

Der Stern von Afrika (English: The Star of Africa) is a 1957 black-and-white German war film portraying the combat career of a World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille. The film stars Joachim Hansen and Marianne Koch and was directed by Alfred Weidenmann, whose film career began in the Nazi era. Der Stern von Afrika was premièred on 13 August 1957 in Berlin and was popular at the German box office. The film was criticised for hewing closely to wartime propaganda in its portrayal of the German war effort and for avoiding an honest confrontation with the past. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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