Miracle of Flight

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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.

Cast: Ernst Udet, Jürgen Ohlsen, Käthe Haack, Cornelius Booth, Leonie Duval, more

Director: Heinz Paul

Genres: Drama

Cast

Ernst Udet

himself

Jürgen Ohlsen

Heinz Muthesius

Käthe Haack

Mutter Muthesius

Cornelius Booth

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Leonie Duval

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Elfriede Sandner

Manfred von Richthofen

Self (archive footage)

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Elfriede Sandner

herself

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