DocumentaryDramaHistory
Overview
The film explores the background and build-up to this final flight to disaster. Using dramatic reconstruction, archive footage and exclusive interviews with leading historians and engineering experts, the special delves into the political and scientific events that led up to the catastrophe.
Production
Smithsonian Institution · Pioneer Productions · ZDF · Channel 4 Television
Cast & Characters
John Shrapnel
Himself (Narrator)
Malcolm Tierney
Dr. Hugo Eckener
Gerard Monaco
Herbert Morrison
Simon Lowe
Joseph Späh
Michael Praed
Nelson Morris
Thorston Manderlay
Chefsteward Kubis
Kamil Krawczykowski
Werner Franz
John Edmondson
Rudolph Sauter
Mark McGann
Commander Rosendahl
Piotr Grabowski
Helmut Lau
Directors & Crew
T
Tony Mulholland
Writer
S
Sean Grundy
Director
