ZEPPELIN

Directed by Gordian Maugg

FRIDAY JANUARY 12 9PM CASTRO

In order to finally bring to light a story his father had kept hidden in a faded old notebook, Matthias Silcher researches the story of his grandfather Robert, who died in 1937 in Lakehurst as a Hindenburg crew member. His investigation leads him to the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen and to one of Robert’s former colleagues, Karl Semmle, the only one who witnessed Robert’s death. Reluctantly, Semmle breaks his silence and reveals an extraordinary story of devotion and sacrifice. Although Robert had started a family, the Zeppelin was where his heart lay. As Nazi flags fluttered all around and political tension grew, Robert retreated even further into aviation and finally was consumed by the inferno that destroyed the Hindenburg. As it turns out, to save his beloved airship from extinction, Robert sacrificed his life and the Hindenburg.

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West Coast Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2005
Run Time
35mm, 102 min,
color and black & white
German with
English subtitles
Cast
Olaf Rauschenbach
Alexander May
Agnieszka Piwowarska
Christoph Bach
Hendrik Massute
Camera
Christine A. Maier
Screenwriter
Gordian Maugg
Alexander Häusser
Printsource
Gordian Maugg
Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Email
maugg.film@t-online.de
Awards
William Dieterle
Filmpreis 2005.

Director

Gordian Maugg
was born in 1966 in Heidelberg. From 1987 to 1993 he studied at the Art Academy in Kassel, majoring in film and TV. Since 1986 he has worked as a freelance screenplay writer, director, and producer. One year after his graduation he founded the Gordian Maugg Filmproduktion GmbH. His works include DER OLYMPISCHE SOMMER (1993), DIE KAUKASISCHE NACHT (1996), HANS WARNS – MEIN 20. JAHRHUNDERT (2000) and ZUTATEN FÜR TRÄUME (2001).