- Zeppelin (film)
Infobox Movie
name = Zeppelin
image_size= 175 px
caption= film poster
imdb_id =0068014
producer =Owen Crump
director = Etienne Périer
writer =Donald Churchill Arthur Rowe
starring =Michael York Elke Sommer
music =
cinematography =Alan Hume
editing
distributorWarner Bros.
released = 1971 | runtime = 100 min
language ="Zeppelin" is a 1971 British
World War I action/drama film starring byMichael York andElke Sommer , with support fromAnton Diffring andAndrew Keir , amongst others.Plot summary
This is the story of German attempt to raid
Great Britain and steal theMagna Carta from its hiding place inScotland . The vehicle for the assault was a giantZeppelin . (The Zeppelin was actually a 40 foot model filmed over a large water tank in Malta.) Air combat scenes were filmed in Ireland using Lynn Garrison's collection of World War One replica aircraft, originally assembled for 20th Century Fox'sThe Blue Max . During the aerial sequences one of theSE-5 replicas, flown by Irish Air Corps pilot Jim Liddy, collided with the Alouette helicopter. Five people were killed, including Burch Williams, brother ofElmo Williams (a major Hollywood producer/director).
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