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The Hindenburg

  • 6.3 /10

  • 141

  • 31%

Plot

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.

Cast

George C. Scott as Col. Franz Ritter
George C. Scott

as Col. Franz Ritter

Anne Bancroft as Ursula
Anne Bancroft

as Ursula

William Atherton as Boerth
William Atherton

as Boerth

Roy Thinnes as Martin Vogel
Roy Thinnes

as Martin Vogel

Gig Young as Edward Douglas
Gig Young

as Edward Douglas

Burgess Meredith as Emilio Pajetta
Burgess Meredith

as Emilio Pajetta

Charles Durning as Captain Pruss
Charles Durning

as Captain Pruss

Richard Dysart as Lehman
Richard Dysart

as Lehman

Robert Clary as Joe Spah
Robert Clary

as Joe Spah

René Auberjonois as Major Napier
René Auberjonois

as Major Napier

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 25, 1975

Production Companies

  • The Filmakers Group

  • Universal Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $15,000,000.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 2.08 hrs

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Reviews

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 Frankfu…