[wolf78]

Der Rote Baron @ IMDB

[mgstarr]

[MeanWestTexan]

The chivalry but was complete B.S., of course.

The Red Barron was very keen on the easy kill (like any soldier, really).

I say that with MWT, Sr, Sr, having been a soldier for the Germans in WWI, with his father being awarded a Blue Max (which I own).

[Bringbackthedraft]

Lets see them make a film about Erik Hartmann, then I’ll be impressed. The Baron has been in many other films over the years.

[AnalogReigns]

Snoopy would NOT be happy...

[JCG]

Just another Hun in the sun.

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[Calvin Locke]

I once read a reference to the bio released during WWI, and the Germany censors let slip a passage that for all practical purposes, described the sexual release von Richthofen said he got from downing planes.

[uglybiker]

http://www.redbaron-themovie.com/index_en.html

[AnalogReigns]

I must admit, I still don’t understand why America decided to get involved in WWI. The Germans weren’t all that bad in that war—and had they won, surely Hitler would have never risen to power.

[Ramius]

I don’t know how much of the legend of the Red Baron is true and how much is... uh... enhanced, but that’s probably true of most great historical figures. It’s basically true even if certain parts are a bit more polished than the reality.

There’s certainly nothing wrong with telling the story, and from a German viewpoint. Hitler may have been a sadistic murdering madman, but he had some real honest heroes working for him. Along with the ones that were just as cruel as he was.

Just as there’s nothing wrong with admiring Rommel for his role and place in history. Certainly a great general and tactical mind. He was merely playing for the wrong team.

[BallyBill]

If it is half as good as "Das Boot", I can't wait to see it.

In the last few years I've become very interested in foreign films on the wars, just to see it from a different perspective.

[mamelukesabre]

I wonder who they credit with his kill? It seems to me they never really proved one way or another who’s bullet was responsible for killing the red barron.

[Kolokotronis]

[elcid1970]

An adversary rendered helpless by jammed weapons didn’t make him less of a kill for the Red Baron, who IIRC had a silver loving cup engraved for each `victory’.

And wasn’t von Richthofen, in pursuit of his eighty-first cup, killed by ground fire when he pursued the Canadian Lt. Brown over Allied lines after the latter’s guns had jammed or run out of ammo? His plane crashed in Allied territory, that’s for sure.

[Mr. Silverback]

Good news: Looks well-filmed. Bad News: Another important military history subject has a goofy romantic subplot staapled onto it. Plus, they give Roy Brown full credit for the kill, according to a blurb I read from the director on Aircraftresourcecenter.com. No mention of the Aussies who fired the fatal shot.

It's too bad Richtofen was on the wrong side...he was quite a young man.