Genre | Titel [IMDb] | Jahr | Originaltitel [TMDb] | Regie | Land | min |
Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Der Flug des Phönix | 1965 | Der Flug des Phönix | Robert Aldrich | United States | 142 |
7,5 IMDb Nr.468 | Handlung "Its excitement is headed straight for you!" After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says he's an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage. Kommentar aus IMDb.com [Klicken zum Anzeigen] (by ma-cortes on 21 October 2005) The movie talks about a motley group in a small airplane piloted by a stubborn and obstinate man (James Stewart) and a navigator (Richard Attenborough) . The aircraft crashes on Sahara desert rounded by sand seas and passengers crew (Peter Finch , George Kennedy , Ronald Fraser , Christian Marquand..) have to survive against extraordinary odds and risks and they try to rebuild their plane in order to avoid sufferings caused for hostile elements . This has a well sense desert atmosphere filling one with revulsion for the conditions in which unfortunates are forced to exist stranded on an Arabian uninhabited spot : starvation , famine , heat , thirst , enemies and confrontation among themselves . This exciting movie is an intelligent variant upon the Hollywood scripts in which aircrafts crash in remote locations such as : ¨Airport¨ series or ¨Alive : Miracle of the Andes¨ . It's a thoughtful and broody film with excellent interpretations and an utterly male star-studded casting . James Stewart as a veteran and embittered pilot is the intrepid hero who's considered guilty of the accident for his error , he's magnificent likeness to Richard Attenborough , a previous RAF pilot and now a boozy alcoholic navigator in a damaged plane . Hardy Kruger as the cocky German engineer is splendid . John Finch as a rigid and stiff officer is very fine and similarly to his coward subordinate Ronald Fraser . Ernest Borgnine as a nutty with enormous eager to escape is sensational . George Kennedy , Gabriele Tinti , Christian Marquand , Dan Duryea are well but make roles quite secondaries . Special mention to Ian Bannen , as the group's mechanic , he only achieved the Academy Award nomination but he didn't obtain it . Frank de Vol musical score (Robert Aldrich's usual musician) is spectacular and lively . Joseph Biroc cinematography is glimmer and colorful . The motion picture is stunningly directed by Robert Aldrich . The second and recent version with Dennis Quaid , Giovanni Ribisi and Miranda Otto is worst deemed . Rating : Awesome and astounding . | Darsteller James Stewart ... Frank Towns Richard Attenborough ... Lew Moran Peter Finch ... Captain Harris Hardy Krüger ... Heinrich Dorfmann (as Hardy Kruger) Ernest Borgnine ... Trucker Cobb Ian Bannen ... Crow Ronald Fraser ... Sergeant Watson Christian Marquand ... Dr. Renaud Dan Duryea ... Standish George Kennedy ... Bellamy | ||||
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