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Wikipedia article




'Target in the Clouds' (German: 'Ziel in den Wolken') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach and Brigitte Horney. It was based on a novel by Hans Rabl. The film portrays the struggles of the fictional German aviation pioneer Walter von Suhr, an officer in the pre-First World War German army who saw the potential for military aircraft.Paris p.93

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann, Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.

Cast



* Albert Matterstock as Walter von Suhr

* Leny Marenbach as Tilde von Grwenitz

* Brigitte Horney as Margot Boje

* Werner Fuetterer as Dieter von Kamphausen

* Volker von Collande as Ewald Menzel

* Christian Kayler as Krasselt

* Willi Rose as Lehmann

* Margarete Kupfer as Frau Menzel

* Gisela von Collande as Elsi Menzel

* Franz Weber as Herr von Suhr

* Gertrud de Lalsky as Frau von Suhr

* Liesl Eckardt as Frau Rhde, Magd auf dem Grvenitz-Gut

* Max Harry Ernst as Ein Gast im Lokal

*Paul Hildebrandt as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorfhrung

*Hans Junkermann as Leslie

*Malte Jger as Der Offizier, der den Frau-Wirtin-Vers aufsagt

*Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorfhrung

*Wilhelm P. Krger as Der Dorfschullehrer

*Olga Limburg as Frau von Grwenitz

*Kurt Mikulski as Ein franzsischer Flugzeugmonteur

*Hadrian Maria Netto as Oberst von Salis

*Joachim Rake as Der junge Adjutant des Hauptmann von Selbitz

*Heinrich Schroth as Hauptmann von Selbitz

*Else Valery as Die Besitzerin des Lokals

*Robert Vincenti-Lieffertz as Der Adjutant des Oberleutnants von Suhr

*Leopold von Ledebur as Ein Gast bei Grvenitz

*Michael von Newlinsky as Ein Zuschauer am Flugplatz

* Elsa Wagner as Tante Guste

* Hanns Waschatko as , donator of the

* Herbert Weissbach as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorfhrung

* Hans Grade as Hans Grade, winner of the Lanz Price

References





Bibliography



* Paris, Michael. 'From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema'. Manchester University Press, 1995.


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