Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 27, 1918Release Date
Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)
1h 35m
Running Time
October 27, 1918Release Date
Plot.
Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.
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Release DateOctober 27, 1918
Original NameIkarus, der fliegende Mensch
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
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Wiki.
Ikarus, the Flying Man (German: Ikarus, der fliegende Mensch) is a 1918 German silent war film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Ernst Hofmann, Esther Carena and Gustav Botz. While a press screening was held in October 1918, during the final weeks of the First World War, it did not go on general release until the following July when it premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.