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The Blue Max is a 1966 war film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Karl Michael Vogler, and Jeremy Kemp. The film was made in DeLuxe Color and was one of the last movies filmed in CinemaScope. The plot is about a German fighter pilot on the Western Front during World War I.
A young German pilot tries to earn the prestigious Blue Max medal by shooting down 20 enemy planes in World War I. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1966 film.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- John Guillermin
- 1966-06-21
' For Merit '), also informally known as the "Blue Max", is an order of merit (German: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia. The Pour le Mérite was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle , the Order of the Red Eagle and the House Order of Hohenzollern ...
A World War I fighter pilot pursues the coveted Blue Max medal, but faces challenges from his aristocratic comrades and a beautiful countess. IMDb provides summaries, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia and more for this classic war film.
Lt. Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), a brash German World War I fighter pilot, is driven to shoot down 20 enemy planes, thus garnering him the Blue Max, a coveted medal. His superior, Count von...
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- George Peppard
- John Guillermin
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The Blue Max is a rousing WW1 aviation epic filmed on a lavish scale in Ireland with an English and American crew. Its tale of the first air aces has been updated from the old Errol Flynn and Howard Hawks "Dawn Patrol" formula with a cynical attitude toward the 'chivalrous' image of the glorious flying aces, in this case Germans hoping to ...
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Find out who starred in and worked on the World War I aviation film The Blue Max, directed by John Guillermin and based on a novel by Jack Hunter. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
