D III 88 (1939)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 25, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Across German screens at the outbreak of WWII streaks "DIII88: The New German Air Force Attacks", an aeronautic and maritime spectacle glorifying Hermann Goring's Luftwaffe and the spirit of the newly arisen Germany. Once war became imminent, Joseph Goebbels instructed the German film industry to initiate production of numerous militaristic projects, but DIII88 was initiated by the Propaganda Minister's rival, Goring, who commissioned several aviation pictures. DIII88 is not a war picture per se, because it takes place in peacetime, but the young, fresh-faced air aces enthusiastically look forward to the coming war. The propaganda is blatant: The only thing that matters is dedication to duty and unconditional commitment to the Fatherland.
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Cast & Crew.
Christian Kayßler
Oberleutnant Mithoff
Otto Wernicke
Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
Heinz Welzel
Obergefreiter Fritz Paulsen
Hermann Braun
Obergefreiter Robert Eckhard
Heinz Engelmann
Leutnant Frank
Adolf Fischer
Gefreiter Zeissler
Paul Bildt
Stabsarzt der Flugstaffel
Horst Birr
Monteur Hasinger
Walter Gross
Funker
Karl Martell
Lt. Ludwig Becker
Fritz Eberth
Funker Lindner
Carsta Löck
Bauernmagd Lina
Paul Otto
General
Herbert Maisch
Director
Hans Bertram
Director
Hans Bernuth
Flieger
Wolf Neumeister
Writer
Ernst Dernburg
Adm. beim Manöver
Erich Dunskus
Bauer
Robert Küssel
Composer
Georg Krause
Cinematographer
Ilse Fürstenberg
Bäuerin
Heinz von Jaworsky
Cinematographer
Malte Jaeger
1. Funker
Carl Otto Bartning
Editor
Ferry Reich
2. Funker
Bruno Lutz
ProductionDesigner
Josef Kamper
Bauernknecht
Otto Moldenhauer
ProductionDesigner
Hilde Land
Kantinenwirtin
Günther Markert
Marineoffizier
Hans Meyer-Hanno
Kantinenwirt
Details.
Wiki.
D III 88 (sometimes written as DIII 88) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and Hans Bertram and starring Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke and Heinz Welzel. It was made as a propaganda film with the support of Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, and was the last of a series of Nazi aviation films to be made before the outbreak of World War II. It was one of the most commercially successful films released during the Nazi era. It was praised by Joseph Goebbels as "an irreproachable film of national destiny". The title, referring to the serial number of the Albatros D.III flown by one of the characters in the World War I, was an attempt to re-inforce the propaganda link between the modern Luftwaffe and that of World War I.
