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Pour le Mérite (1938) Online
Original Title :
Pour le Mérite
Genre :
Movie / War
Year :
1938
Directror :
Karl Ritter
Cast :
Paul Hartmann,Herbert A.E. Böhme,Albert Hehn
Writer :
Fred Hildenbrand,Karl Ritter
Type :
Movie
Time :
2h 2min
Rating :
6.5/10
Pour le Mérite (1938) Online

This Nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe") from World War I until Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.
Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Hartmann Paul Hartmann - Rittmeister Prank
Herbert A.E. Böhme Herbert A.E. Böhme - Gerdes
Albert Hehn Albert Hehn - Lt. Fabian
Paul Otto Paul Otto - Maj. Wissmann
Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers - Moebius
Josef Dahmen Josef Dahmen - Zuschlag
Willi Rose Willi Rose - Krause
Carsta Löck Carsta Löck - Gerda Fabian
Jutta Freybe Jutta Freybe - Isabel Prank
Gisela von Collande Gisela von Collande - Anna Moebius
Käte Kühl Käte Kühl - Barsängerin
Marina von Ditmar Marina von Ditmar - Junge Französin
Otz Tollen Otz Tollen - Capt. Reinwald
Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Staudte - Lt. Ellermann
Clemens Hasse Clemens Hasse - Ulan

During the filming, one of the Pilots, named Horst Selter, one of the actual Pilots used from the Luftwaffe was killed during the filming by plane crash. The broken propeller exists also. His brother Rolf was also a Luftwaffe Pilot, he was a Staffel-Fuhrer (Squadron Commander) in Kampfgeschwader "Boelke", shot down and killed over Tarnopol, Ukraine, on March 30, 1944, while flying an Me 110 bomber.