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2008 Certificate 12
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Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Schweighöfer) is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love with the nurse Käte (Headey), .. Read more

Starring Matthias Schweighöfer, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, Joseph Fiennes
Director Nikolai Müllerschön
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, World Cinema

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Red Baron

Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Schweighöfer) is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love with the nurse Käte (Headey), Manfred realizes he is only used for propaganda means. Caught between his disgust for the war, and the responsibility for his fighter wing, von Richthofen sets out to fly again.

Starring Matthias Schweighöfer, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, Joseph Fiennes, Volker Bruch
Director Nikolai Müllerschön
Studio SHOWBOX MEDIA GROUP LTD
Run time DVD: 2 hrs
Blu-ray: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, World Cinema
Language DVD: English, German, French
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 05 Oct 2009
Blu-ray: 05 Oct 2009
Production year: 2008
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of

    One of the most expensive movies ever made in Germany, The Red Baron opened last year to poor reviews and... read more on Time Out

    • Tom Huddleston, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 02 Sep 2009

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  • 12 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    very good film, good history lesson too

    really enjoyable film

      • A customer from England
      • Posted 14 Aug 2009 10:33

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Looks great but a missed opportunity

    With so few WW1 flying films being made was very excited to see this and although this looks visually great and is exciting, I felt a little let down.

    Although a really interesting real life charecter, I never really felt that connected or attached with Richthofen, the acting was average at best and it felt as if the love story was included to appeal to a wider audience base. Finally why must Joseph Fiennes always be chosen for American or in this case Canadian roles, the accent just sounds wrong.

    Could have been great and if interested at all in this area of history do see it but just don't raise your expectations too high.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 05 Nov 2009 13:04

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