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The Red Baron

2008 · 106 min

A somber, old-fashioned war drama that mixes aerial spectacle with a doomed romance and a growing disillusionment with glory.

Tagline
Heroes rise. Empires fall. Legends endure.
Overview
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • identity
  • love
  • death
  • guilt
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
action, adventure, drama, history, war
Directed by
Nikolai Müllerschön
Written by
Nikolai Müllerschön
Starring
Matthias Schweighöfer, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, Joseph Fiennes, Volker Bruch, Julie Engelbrecht, Maxim Mehmet, Steffen Schroeder
Music
Dirk Reichardt, Stefan Hansen
Cinematography
Klaus Merkel
Runtime
106 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
German, French, English

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