Richthofen (film)

Richthofen
Richthofen funeral featured in the film
Directed by
  • Desider Kertesz
  • Peter Joseph
Written byWilly Rath
Produced byPaul Michael Bünger
Cinematography
  • Albert Schattmann
  • Arthur Schwertführer
Production
company
FPG Film Production Association mbH (Berlin)
Release dates
  • 3 November 1927 (1927-11-03)
(Germany)
  • 1 September 1929 (1929-09-01)
(revised film, United States)
Countries
  • Germany
  • United States (Revised version)
Languages
  • Silent (German intertitles)
  • Sound (1929 version has added music and sound)

Richthofen (aka Richthofen, The Red Knight of the Air and Richthofen, The Red Ace of Germany) is a 1927 German silent war film directed by Desider Kertesz and Peter Joseph. The film was subsequently re-mastered with sound and music effects and re-released in the United States in 1929. The film stars Georg Burghardt, Sybil Moore and Arne Molander. Richthofen was the first film to portray the life of the First World War fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen.[1]

  1. ^ Farmer 1984, p. 28.