Duration:
1 x 50 minutes

Channel:
BBC2

First TX:
Wednesday April 29, 1998
at 9.30pm

Produced by:
Beryl Vertue

Written and directed by:
Michael Davies

Narrated by:
Patricia Hodge and Timothy West
   
The Red Baron
The Red Baron was commissioned to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the world's most successful fighter pilot. In April 1918, the extraordinary and charismatic Baron Manfred von Richtofen, who had shot down 80 British planes, was buried with full military honours by the Allies. Unique testimonies from descendants of the Red Baron, and of those brave men who fought with him and against him, combine with previously unseen archive footage and poignant excerpts from his mother's diary to paint a remarkable picture of the life and death of an enduring legend.
"A subtly touching reminiscence of pointless, wasteful, heroic combat in the air." (The Sunday Times)





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