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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.
- $5 million
- Christian Ferry, executive, Elmo Williams
May 1, 2015 · Aircraft made of wood and cloth tend to rot, and five decades after the Great War the owners of the few surviving WWI warbirds weren’t inclined to risk them making movies. The Blue Max required Fox to assemble two miniature air forces, at the cost of about a quarter-million dollars—in today’s money, nearly $2 million.
- Don Hollway
Aug 7, 2020 · Presented in the story as an advanced new prototype of german aircraft industry, faster and very maneuverable, it is given to handles of ace Bruno Stachel (G.Peppard). But airplane is not perfectly settled yet, and Bruno Stachel will crash and die in it.
The Blue Max required Fox to assemble two miniature air forces, at the cost of about a quarter of a million dollars—in today's money, nearly $2 million. Read all about the making of The Blue Max in AVIATION HISTORY Magazine... then watch the movie!
"The Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen wears "the Blue Max." The Pour le Mérite gained international fame during World War I. Although it could be awarded to any military officer, its most famous recipients were the pilots of the German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte), whose exploits were celebrated in wartime propaganda.
- Military personnel (1740–1918)
- King of Prussia (1740–1918)
- Extinct
- Neck decoration
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The Blue Max: Directed by John Guillermin. With George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp. A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Fokker DR-1 Triplane. The Fokker DR-1 (DR standing for Dreidecker, or 3 wings) was arguably the most famous plane of World War I. This is probably because it was associated with the Red Baron. The Fokker DR-1 was 5.77m long, 2.95m high, and had a wingspan of 7.19m. The airframe was made out of steel tubing that was covered in aircraft doped canvas.
