Kunnian kotkat - The Blue Max (1966) DVD George Peppard

John Guillermin directs this adaptation of the novel by Jack D. Hunter. During World War I, the Blue Max was the Luftwaffe's most coveted honour. Combat pilot Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) is determined to add it to his collection of awards, whatever the cost, even if it means betraying his own squadron. The cast also includes James Mason, Ursula Andress and Jeremy Kemp.

Ohjaus: John Guillermin

Pääosissa: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress

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The Blue Max is highly unusual among Hollywood films, not just for being a large-scale drama set during the generally cinematically overlooked Great War, but in concentrating upon air combat as seen entirely from the German point of view. The story focuses on a lower-class officer, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), and his obsessive quest to win a Blue Max, a medal awarded for shooting down 20 enemy aircraft. Around this are built subplots concerning a propaganda campaign by James Mason's pragmatic general, rivalry with a fellow officer (Jeremy Kemp), and a love affair with a decadent countess (Ursula Andress)