The Great Waldo Pepper

original title:
The Great Waldo Pepper
other titles:
(Tollkühne Flieger)
country / year of production:
USA / 1975 (x)
original length:
108 min. , black/white
premiere:
March 1975
genre:
melodrama
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director:
George Roy Hill
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keywords:
pilot , war in the sky , post-war era , comradeship
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
William Goldman. Adventures in the screen trade. A personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting. New York: Warner Books, 1983.
remarks:
At the start of the movie, Waldo mentions that his guns jammed and Kessler, seeing that he was helpless, saluted then flew away. This actually happened to Ernst Udet when flying against Georges Guynemer.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD