Der Stern von Afrika

original title:
Der Stern von Afrika
other titles:
La Estrella de Africa, Star of Africa
country / year of production:
Spain , Germany / 1957
original length:
99 min. , black/white
premiere:
13 August 1957
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Alfred Weidenmann
film script:
Herbert Reinecker , Udo Wolter
producer:
Neve Emelka
cinematographer:
Francisco Sempere
editor:
Carl Otto Bartning , José Antonio Rojo
composer:
Hans-Martin Majewsky
cast (role):
(Hans-Joachim Marseille) , Marianne Koch (Brigitte) , Hansjörg Felmy (Robert Franke) , (Albin Droste) , Peer Schmidt (Answald Sommer) , Marianne Koch , Hansjörg Felmy , Peer Schmidt
more:
plot synopsis:
Germany 1939: The young Hans-Joachim Marseille is a fabulous pilot. He and his friend Robert are transferred to Africa by the beginning of the war. After the hundredst shooting down the soldier is celebrated in Berlin: There he falls in love with the young teacher Brigitte, who raises doubts in him about the useless war that would make a common future impossible. Marseille does not return from his next action: His parachute gets caught by the falling plane.
keywords:
air force , war in the sky
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Guido Limburg. „Fliegen und Abschießen - Ja, was soll ich denn anderes denken? `Der Stern von Afrika´ und der bundesdeutsche Nachkriegsfilm“. In: Hans-Arthur Marsiske (ed.). Zeitmaschine Kino. Darstellung von Geschichte im Film. Marburg: Hitzeroth, 1992.
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availability:
VHS, DVD