Von Richthofen and Brown

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Audience Member 56% ?? Are you kidding me ?? This is without a doubt one of the finest World War I movies ever made, next only to The Blue Max with George Peppard. The uniforms, the set pieces, the planes and the action are amazing. The storyline is straightforward and simple and a lot of the scenarios that happened in reality are accurately portrayed here. An absolute classic - horribly underrated and hopefully someday it will see the recognition and praise that it so richly deserves in cinema. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/11/25 Full Review Dave S Infamous for his apparent love of working with small budgets, director Roger Corman does wonders with the budgetary scraps thrown his way with Von Richthofen and Brown. Set during WW1, it’s the story of Baron von Richthofen, the ace German pilot known for his tri-wing plane, sacrificing speed for maneuverability in tight quarters dogfights, and Canadian pilot Roy Brown, who battled von Richthofen in his final engagement. While the ground action is a bit dull and doesn’t seem to give much insight into either character, the aerial scenes are often spectacular (especially considering the budget), but do tend to get repetitive midway through the movie. Despite ultimately falling a little flat, it’s a fairly decent effort from the frugal Corman in what turned out the be his penultimate directing effort. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Audience Member I really enjoyed this little Corman WWI action flick. A very tight 90 minute no nonsense film. As historical accurate as a film could get, though it is debated if Brown really did shoot Von Richthofen or some Australian machine gunner from the ground, since The Red Baron was uncharacteristically flying low to the ground. Love the aerial sequences, fantastic to see real planes flying. Looks damn good for a low budget flick from the 70s. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review delysid d stupid story but good looking movie about planes Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/06/22 Full Review Audience Member This movie is awful, I can't believe who would think this story was worthy.. Von Richthofen deserves better, also as a Canadian we are not American's. This was painful to watch. I have no idea what movie Margaret Hinxman watched. As she has reported how amazing it is. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't know if either the Corman brothers didn't like the audio they got from the dialogue scenes, or if they thought it would just plain sound better if they dubbed over all the dialogue in post production. Either way, it makes about 85% of this movie almost unwatchable. The problem isn't that the dialogue was dubbed, it's that the inflections, emotions and pacing of the dialogue doesn't match the actors' performances on screen. Not even once. It's like watching a foreign film with the dialogue dubbed into english, except that the movie was shot in english. Aside from that, the script is awful, the acting is wooden and the editing and pacing of the movie is very inconsistent, jumping around to different points in time without rhyme or reason. On the other hand, the aerial footage is incredible and was shot and choreographed very well. The cinematography is also well done, making for a good looking film, but with very little substance. Hollywood has yet to make a solid movie about the Red Baron Manfred Von Richtofen, this is one on a list of many failed attempts. If you like footage of old planes, this is the movie for you, if you're looking for a compelling story, give it a pass. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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