Hindenburg: The Untold Story (2007)

Original title

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

Directed by

Sean Grundy

Genre

documentary film, drama film, television film, docudrama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This docudrama reconstructs the Hindenburg disaster and the official investigation that followed. It uses computer animation and live action to show what happened to the airship and the people on board.

somberinvestigativesuspensefulinformativedramatizednostalgicreverent

What happens

Hindenburg: The Untold Story known in Germany as Das Geheimnis der Hindenburg ("The Secret of the Hindenburg") and Die Hindenburg: die ungeklärte Katastrophe, is a two-hour docudrama about the disaster of the Hindenburg, and the investigation that followed. It aired on May 6, 2007, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the disaster. It was commissioned by Channel 4, ZDF, and the Smithsonian Networks to be produced by Pioneer Productions. Its original working title was Hindenburg It is also known as Hindenburg: Titanic of the skies (which should not be confused with Titanic of the Sky, a different documentary by Vidicom). The British version is narrated by Malcolm Tierney who plays the role of Hugo Eckener, while John Shrapnel narrates an alternative version which features interviews with survivors. It provides a reenactment of the Hindenburg disaster using a detailed computer-animated model. The animation was done by Red Vision, which also did the animation for two previous documentaries on the Hindenburg disaster: Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause and an episode of Seconds From Disaster. The film mainly focuses on the official investigation of the disaster. The live actions scenes were shot in Poland and later edited by Red Vision. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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