Von Richthofen and Brown
“On April 21, 1918, the Red Baron of Germany and the Black Sheep of the R.A.F. met in the skies of France for the last time!”
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
This film captures the grim reality and fleeting glory of aerial combat in WWI. It's a somber, tense look at the lives of fighter aces, balancing heroic dogfights with the melancholic weight of war. A steady, dramatic exploration of duty and destiny.
