The Airship

Synopsis

Franz Xavier Stannebein, a young boy at the turn of the 20th century, wants to do nothing more than fly. He carries this dream through his years at an orphanage and into adulthood as a merchant in Spain. He eventually invests everything he has into building his own version of an airship. He later meets some industrialists in Germany who want to support his idea, and they ask him to build an airfield in Spain. When he sees the Nazis use the field during the Spanish Civil War, however, he feels betrayed and goes to Germany to protest. There he is thrown into an insane asylum in Leipzig. After WWII, his grandson and other survivors of the family searches for him, only to find the empty asylum... Based on the novel Das Luft-Schiff. Biografische Nachlasse zu den Fantasien meines Grossvaters (1974) by Fritz Rudolf Fries. The non-camera animation in the film was created by internationally known director Lutz Dammbeck.

Main Cast

Jörg Gudzuhn

Stannebein

Age : 79 | Popularity : 19%

Hermann Beyer

Kießling

Age : 81 | Popularity : 43%

Kurt Böwe

Psychologe

Age : 71 | Popularity : 13%

Gudrun Ritter

Polonia

Age : 87 | Popularity : 22%

Elisa Montés

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Katrin Knappe

Age : 69 | Popularity : 5%

Johanna Schall

Age : 66 | Popularity : 11%

György Lencz

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Rainer Simon
Sound	Music	Friedrich Goldmann Karl-Ernst Sasse
Crew	Cinematography	Roland Dressel
Editing	Editor	Helga Gentz
Writing	Writer	Fritz Rudolf Fries Rainer Simon
Department	Role	Name

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