Flug in Gefahr

Just 70 minutes, almost no action, no stunts, "cheap" back projection display, but just as gripping and nail-biting as any Jurassic Park. Great actors (brothers Lothar and Neutze on top), credibility and packing act. Great parody of it in the Airplane Spoof with Robert Stack wonderfully playing out the Neutze Role. Sometimes replayed in german TV, watch it when available !

Hanns Lothar is still beloved 30 years after his death. One of the few actors that fully deserved to be described as a genius. In this TV production he plays a passenger on an airplane who has to step in to save day when the crew and half of the passengers get sick from food poisoning. When I watched it as a kid I could not stand the suspense and having just seen it again I was surprised how it stood the test of time. And mainly because of Hanns. He gives the best portrait of a non-hero hero I have ever seen. He is sincere and amazingly modest with just a shade of arrogance.

Another role is played by his brother Günther Neutze a man who we also will remember until the end of times.