Overview

A young German boy meets his hero, a famous flying ace, and dreams of becoming a pilot. However, his mother--whose husband was a fighter pilot killed in battle during World War I--does not want to lose her son, too, and tries to persuade him to abandon his dreams of flying.

Top Cast

Ernst Udet

himself

Jürgen Ohlsen

Heinz Muthesius

Käthe Haack

Mutter Muthesius

Cornelius Booth

L

Leonie Duval

E

Elfriede Sandner

Manfred von Richthofen

Self (archive footage)

E

Elfriede Sandner

herself