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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines DVD 1965 Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten / Directed by Ken Annakin / Starring: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Terry-Thomas, Robert Morley, James Fox / AKA How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
UPC 4010232029973
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN Germany
AUDIO: English 5.1, German 2.0 mono, French 2.0, Italian 2.0, Spanish 2.0
SUBTITLES: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Polish
Total Runtime: 132 MINUTES
English Summary:
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a 1965 British period comedy film featuring an international ensemble cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Terry-Thomas, James Fox, Red Skelton, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi. The film, revolving around the craze of early aviation, was directed and co-written by Ken Annakin, with a musical score by Ron Goodwin.
Based on a screenplay entitled Flying Crazy, the fictional account is set in 1910, when Lord Rawnsley, an English press magnate, offers £10,000 (equivalent to £1,000,000 in 2018) to the winner of the Daily Post air race from London to Paris, to prove that Britain is "number one in the air".
A brief narration outlines man's first attempts to fly since the Stone Age inspired by a bird's flight, seen with footage from the silent film era, and man being represented by a "test pilot" (Red Skelton) encountering periodic misfortune in his attempts.
German Summary:
Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten (im englischen Original: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes) ist ein Spielfilm, der 1965 vom britischen Regisseur Ken Annakin überwiegend an Original-Schauplätzen an der englischen und der französischen Ärmelkanal-Küste gedreht wurde. Lord Rawnsley, Herausgeber einer englischen Zeitung, wird im Jahr 1910 während der Zeit der ersten Flugversuche, zur Steigerung der Auflage seiner Zeitung der Vorschlag gemacht, den Beweis für die englische Überlegenheit auch in der Luft durch einen Wettflug von London nach Paris zu erbringen. Nach einer internationalen Ausschreibung nehmen an dem Wettflug mehr oder weniger erfahrene Flieger aus diversen Ländern teil. Erwartet wird natürlich, dass der englische Teilnehmer – der Verlobte der Tochter des Lords – den Wettflug gewinnt.
Cast / Besetzung
- Stuart Whitman as Orvil Newton
- Sarah Miles as Patricia Rawnsley
- James Fox as Richard Mays
- Alberto Sordi as Count Emilio Ponticelli
- Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley
- Gert Fröbe as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Pierre Dubois
- Irina Demick as Brigitte/Marlene/Ingrid/Françoise/Yvette/Betty[Note 2]
- Red Skelton as Neanderthal Man, Roman birdman, Middle Ages inventor, Victorian-era pilot, Rocket pack inventor, Modern airline passenger
- Terry-Thomas as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
- Eric Sykes as Courtney
- Benny Hill as Fire Chief Perkins
- Yujiro Ishihara as Yamamoto (voice dubbed by James Villiers)[9]
- Dame Flora Robson as Mother Superior
- Karl Michael Vogler as Captain Rumpelstoss
- Sam Wanamaker as George Gruber
- Tony Hancock as Harry Popperwell (Aircraft Designer)
- Eric Barker as French Postman
- Maurice Denham as Trawler Skipper
- Fred Emney as Colonel
- Gordon Jackson as MacDougal
- Davy Kaye as Jean, Chief mechanic for Pierre Dubois
- John Le Mesurier as French Painter
- Jeremy Lloyd as Lieutenant Parsons
- Zena Marshall as Countess Sophia Ponticelli
- Millicent Martin as Air Hostess
- Eric Pohlmann as Italian Mayor
- Marjorie Rhodes as Waitress
- Norman Rossington as Assistant Fire Chief
- Willie Rushton as Tremayne Gascoyne
- Graham Stark as Fireman
- Jimmy Thompson as Photographer
- Michael Trubshawe as Niven, Lord Rawnsley's aide[Note 3]
- Cicely Courtneidge as Colonel's Wife
- Ronnie Stevens as Reporter
- Ferdy Mayne as French Official
- Vernon Dobtcheff as French Team Member
Directed by | Ken Annakin |
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Produced by | Stan Margulies |
Written by | Ken Annakin Jack Davies |
Starring | Stuart Whitman Sarah Miles Terry-Thomas Robert Morley James Fox |
Music by | Ron Goodwin |
Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Gordon Stone Anne V. Coates |
Production
company |
Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd[1]
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
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June 16, 1965 |
Running time
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132 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |