DER LINDBERGHFLUG -- OZEANFLUG {THE LINDBERGH FLIGHT -- OCEANFLIGHT} {GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES} (TV)
Summary
This award-winning program, featuring the radio cantata by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, dramatizes Charles Lindbergh's perilous crossing of the Atlantic. This program, reminiscent of the studio-set adventure films of the twenties and thirties, begins with a prologue that unfavorably weighs Lindbergh's achievements against his actions aiding Hitler. The opera itself is divided into scenes punctuated by spoken narration, summarizing the stages of Lindbergh's flight. Narrated by a radio announcer reporting on the air, the program includes such scenes as Lindbergh preparing for his trip; the pilot gathering supplies and charting his route; his mid-flight struggles against fog and snow; examples of media reactions to his flight; and his sighting and landing in France. The final scene is accompanied by archival black-and-white footage of Lindbergh landing. The narration includes the following highlights: "First: A challenging appeal to fly over the ocean"; "Second: Introduction to the pilot"; "Third: The airman's journey towards New York for his flight to Europe"; "Fourth: The City of New York alerts the ships"; "Fifth: During his flight, the pilot struggled with the fog"; "Sixth: A snowstorm rose overnight"; "Seventh: Sleep"; "Eighth: During the entire flight the aviator's good fortune made American headlines"; "Ninth: The fortunate man's thoughts"; "Tenth: The French Press wrote: He flies: the storms above him, the sea around him and below him the shadow of Nungesser"; "Eleventh: "Of the pilot's conversation with his engine"; "Twelfth: At last the aviator spots fishermen"; "Thirteenth: At the Bourget Airport near Paris a huge crowd awaits the aviator on the night of May 21, 1927"; "Fourteenth: The aviator's arrival in Paris."
(This program is in German with English subtitles.)
Details
- NETWORK: ARTE/WDR (France)/(Germany)
- DATE: November 30, 1992
- RUNNING TIME: 0:42:35
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:54109
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Air travel; Aviation - Drama; International Collection - France; International Collection - Germany; Music
- SERIES RUN: ARTE/WDR (France)/(Germany) - TV, 1993
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jean-Franois Jung … Producer
- Claire Rochard … Director
- Kurt Weill … Composer
- Bertolt Brecht … Librettist, Lyricist
- Latham Konig … Conductor, For Orchestra
- Johannes Homberg … Conductor, For Chorus
- Eleonore Bosc … Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Peter Wollasch … Narrator
- Richard Erwin Sammel … Cast, Charles Lindbergh
- Alexis Nitzer … Cast, Maritime Radio Speaker
- Volker Marek … Cast, Radiodiffusion Speaker and Prologue Voice
- Daniel Schropfer … Cast, the Skeptical Sailor
- Philippe Cal … Cast, the Positive Sailor
- Conti … Cast, Sleep
- Wolfgang Schmidt … Voice
- Heribert Feckler … Voice
- Lorenz Minth … Voice
- Christoph Scheeben … Voice
- Agnes Berjot Bacconnier … Chorus
- Barbara Bela … Chorus
- Pierre Benusiglio … Chorus
- Nicole Brezzo … Chorus
- Jose Bruneau … Chorus
- Eric Cabane … Chorus
- Marie-France Canton … Chorus
- Caroline Chassany … Chorus
- Pascale Costes … Chorus
- Simine David … Chorus
- Marc Delcourt … Chorus
- De Los Cobos, Paul … Chorus
- Jean-Jacques Fauthox … Chorus
- Marie-Noelle Gaillet … Chorus
- Isabelle Garrone … Chorus
- Marie-Dorothee Goiffon … Chorus
- DorothŽe Goll … Chorus
- Patrick Hamel … Chorus
- ThŽo Hennemann … Chorus
- Isabelle Herrero … Chorus
- GŽrald Hubert … Chorus
- Pierre Joris … Chorus
- Marie-Charlotte Leclaire … Chorus
- NervŽ LeCoffre … Chorus
- Etienne Lemoine … Chorus
- Lewiss Borg, Igor … Chorus
- Anne Louwerse … Chorus
- Bernard Maltere … Chorus
- Eric Meningand … Chorus
- Armelle Orieux … Chorus
- Ruth Orthmann … Chorus
- Sophie Proix … Chorus
- Yves Renoux … Chorus
- Christian Rigault … Chorus
- Nathalie Schaff … Chorus
- Thai Thien, Nathalie … Chorus
- Brigitte Tourtchaninoff … Chorus
- Rebecca Turquier … Chorus
- Roger Verdel … Chorus
- Marie Neplaz … Chorus
- Guy Simonet … Chorus