The Hindenburg
The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg?
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Sound (1976)
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Box office
Made on a $15M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Filming locations
Filmed in California
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Setting
Set in New Jersey
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Music
Music by David Shire
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert L. Surtees
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Nelson GiddingScreenplay
- Michael M. MooneyBook
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 25, 1975
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
George C. ScottCol. Franz Ritter
Anne BancroftUrsula
William AthertonBoerth
Roy ThinnesMartin Vogel
Gig YoungEdward Douglas
Burgess MeredithEmilio Pajetta
Charles DurningCaptain Pruss
Richard DysartLehman
Robert ClaryJoe Spah
René AuberjonoisMajor Napier
Peter DonatReed Channing
Alan OppenheimerAlbert Breslau
Katherine HelmondMrs. Mildred Breslau
Joanna MooreMrs. Channing
Stephen ElliottCaptain Fellows- Joe Di RedaSchulz
Jan MerlinSpeck
Betsy Jones-MorelandStewardess Imhoff
Curt LowensElevator Man Felber
Kip NivenLt. Truscott
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