Target in the Clouds
1939 German film
- Hans Rabl (novel)
- Alf Teichs
- Eberhard Frowein
- Philipp Lothar Mayring
- Alfred Greven
- Hans Tost
- Albert Matterstock
- Leny Marenbach
- Brigitte Horney
- Werner Fuetterer
- Hans Schneeberger
- Eberhard von der Heyden
Production
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Terra Film
Release date
- 10 March 1939 (1939-03-10)
Running time
Target in the Clouds (German: Ziel in den Wolken) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach and Brigitte Horney. It was based on a novel by Hans Rabl. The film portrays the struggles of the fictional German aviation pioneer Walter von Suhr, an officer in the pre-First World War German army who saw the potential for military aircraft.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann, Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.
Cast
- Albert Matterstock as Walter von Suhr
- Leny Marenbach as Tilde von Gräwenitz
- Brigitte Horney as Margot Boje
- Werner Fuetterer as Dieter von Kamphausen
- Volker von Collande as Ewald Menzel
- Christian Kayßler as Krasselt
- Willi Rose as Lehmann
- Margarete Kupfer as Frau Menzel
- Gisela von Collande as Elsi Menzel
- Franz Weber as Herr von Suhr
- Gertrud de Lalsky as Frau von Suhr
- Liesl Eckardt as Frau Rühde, Magd auf dem Grävenitz-Gut
- Max Harry Ernst as Ein Gast im Lokal
- Paul Hildebrandt as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorführung
- Hans Junkermann as Leslie
- Malte Jäger as Der Offizier, der den Frau-Wirtin-Vers aufsagt
- Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorführung
- Wilhelm P. Krüger as Der Dorfschullehrer
- Olga Limburg as Frau von Gräwenitz
- Kurt Mikulski as Ein französischer Flugzeugmonteur
- Hadrian Maria Netto as Oberst von Salis
- Joachim Rake as Der junge Adjutant des Hauptmann von Selbitz
- Heinrich Schroth as Hauptmann von Selbitz
- Else Valery as Die Besitzerin des Lokals
- Robert Vincenti-Lieffertz as Der Adjutant des Oberleutnants von Suhr
- Leopold von Ledebur as Ein Gast bei Grävenitz
- Michael von Newlinsky as Ein Zuschauer am Flugplatz
- Elsa Wagner as Tante Guste
- Hanns Waschatko as Dr. Karl Lanz [de], donator of the Lanzpreises [de]
- Herbert Weissbach as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorführung
- Hans Grade as Hans Grade, winner of the Lanz Price
References
- ^ Paris p.93
Bibliography
- Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester University Press, 1995.
External links
- Target in the Clouds at IMDb
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Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
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- My Niece Susanne (1950)
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- The Stronger Woman (1953)
- The Dancing Heart (1953)
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- I Was an Ugly Girl (1955)
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- Queen Louise (1957)
- Goodbye, Franziska (1957)
- Sebastian Kneipp (1958)
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- My Daughter Patricia (1959)
- Jacqueline (1959)
- Ingeborg (1960)
- Final Accord (1960)
- I'm Marrying the Director (1960)
- A Woman for Life (1960)
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- The World Revolves Around You (1964)
- When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills (1969)
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