Abschied von den Wolken
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Abschied von den Wolken (English: Farewell to the Clouds) is a 1959 German aviation adventure film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, written by Georg Hurdalek, based on a story by Ladislas Fodor. The film stars O. W. Fischer, Peter van Eyck, Sonja Ziemann, Horst Frank, Linda Christian and Paul Dahlke.
Abschied von den Wolken | |
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Directed by | Gottfried Reinhardt |
Written by | Georg Hurdalek |
Produced by | Artur Brauner |
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Cinematography | Klaus von Rautenfeld |
Edited by | Kurt Zeunert |
Music by | Werner Eisbrenner |
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Distributed by | Omnia Deutsche Film Export |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Abschied von den Wolken was an example of the disaster film, coming soon after the international success of William Wellman's The High and Mighty (1954) where individual stories of passengers and crew were central to the dilemma of an aircraft in trouble.[1] In the film, film historian Bertil Skogsberg described the scenario aboard an airliner: "The passengers are of various nationalities and dispositions: a revolutionary general fleeing his country with most of its cash, an old Nazi, and a Dutch adventurer, to name only a few. There is also a beautiful stewardess (Sonja Ziemann)".[2]
When marketed in the United States, the film was renamed Rebel Flight to Cuba.[3]