The Hindenburg

"The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg?"

1975 2h 5m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 158🥫31%Rotten Tomatoes★6.3IMDB · 6,752

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Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.

“The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg?”

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Cast

George C. Scott
Col. Franz Ritter
Anne Bancroft
Ursula
William Atherton
Boerth
Roy Thinnes
Martin Vogel
Gig Young
Edward Douglas
Burgess Meredith
Emilio Pajetta
Charles Durning
Captain Pruss
Richard Dysart
Lehman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Wise
Writers: William Link, Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Wise, shot by Robert Surtees. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Shire. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Donn Cambern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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George C. Scott and Anne Bancroft and William Atherton carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0073113 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Robert Wise directs. Robert Surtees behind the camera. David Shire scores. Donn Cambern cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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151 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Robert Wise, shot by Robert Surtees. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by David Shire. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Donn Cambern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5George C. Scott and Anne Bancroft and William Atherton carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg?".
7IMDB entry: tt0073113 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "based on true story", "airship", "tragic event", "historical event".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Surtees
Original score: David Shire
Editing: Donn Cambern
Production design: Edward C. Carfagno
Costume design: Dorothy Jeakins
Stunt coordinator: John Daheim
Runtime: 125 min · 2h 5m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Hindenburg (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes: 31% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 6,752 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2024-11-19
★ 6/10
Starts and finishes with some astonishing original footage of the engineering marvel that was the Zeppelin "Hindenburg". The middle is all historical circumspection that tries to arrive at precisely what did cause this airship to come to such a conflagrant end. George C. Scott ("Col. Ritter") and Anne Bancroft ("The Countess") lead a cast; some based on real persons, some not, as we leave Frankfurt to head for New York. Once airborne, "Ritter" becomes aware that there may be an attempt to sabotage this symbol of Nazi power by fifth columnists and so we are now in a race against time to save the passengers and crew from this fiery fate... It is a pretty run-of-the-mill thriller; with Bancroft injecting more than a little class to keep the otherwise rather pedestrian plot from crashing far earlier than the ship did. The SFX are actually not too bad, but the dialogue and pace of the whole thing just leave you a little bit cold....

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