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A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.


“On April 21, 1918, the Red Baron of Germany and the Black Sheep of the R.A.F. met in the skies of France for the last time!”
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.

John Phillip Law
Baron Manfred von Richthofen

Don Stroud
Roy Brown

Barry Primus
Hermann Goering

Corin Redgrave
Major Lanoe Hawker VC

Karen Ericson
Ilse

Hurd Hatfield
Anthony Fokker

Stephen McHattie
Werner Voss
Brian Foley
Lothar von Richthofen

Robert La Tourneaux
Ernest Udet

Peter Masterson
Major Oswald Boelke
Von Richthofen and Brown is a war, drama, action film released in 1971 exploring themes of world war i, fighter airplane, flying ace, german soldier, fighter ace, the red baron. Directed by Roger Corman, it stars John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus. Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
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