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Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918)

Genre : War, Drama

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Carl Froelich

Synopsis

Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.

Actors

Ernst Hofmann
Ernst Hofmann
Günther Ellinghaus
Esther Carena
Esther Carena
Clemence de Montignon
Gustav Botz
Gustav Botz
Günther's Father
Olga Engl
Olga Engl
Günther's Mother
Heinz Sarnow
Heinz Sarnow
Baron d'Aubigny
Edith Sorel
Edith Sorel
Cousin Erika
Ernst Rennspies
Ernst Rennspies
Political Agent

Crews

Carl Froelich
Carl Froelich
Director
Leo Heller
Leo Heller
Writer
Hermann Böttger
Hermann Böttger
Director of Photography
Karl Julius Fritzsche
Karl Julius Fritzsche
Producer

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