The Red Baron (2008)

Original title

Der rote Baron

Directed by

Nikolai Müllerschön

Genre

drama film, action film, war film, biographical film, romance film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 282 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the real life German World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen. It shows his growing fame as the Red Baron and his interactions with fellow pilots and a nurse.

melancholicpatrioticvisually lushbittersweettenseintrospectiveromanticizedhistorical grand

What happens

The Red Baron (German: Der Rote Baron) is a 2008 German biographical action war film written and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön about the World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron". The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger and Lena Headey. The Red Baron was filmed entirely in English to improve its international commercial viability. The film was a box office failure and received widely negative reviews from critics, who criticized the performances, dialogue, and historical inaccuracies, but was praised for the visual effects, action sequences and musical score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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