Apollo 11 (1996)

Movie
German title	Apollo 11
Original title	Apollo 11
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1996
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK o. A.
Rod
Director	Norberto Barba
script	Philip Penningroth
production	Lulu Zezza
music	Phil Marshall
camera	Christopher Walling
cut	Allan Holzman
occupation
Xander Berkeley : Buzz Aldrin Jeffrey Nordling : Neil Armstrong Jim Metzler : Mike Collins Wendie Malick : Pat Collins Jane Kaczmarek : Jan Armstrong Matt Frewer : Gene Kranz Michael Fairman : Edwin Aldrin, Sr. Maureen Mueller : Joan Aldrin Ted Raimi : Steve Bales

Apollo 11 is a 1996 American television movie about the first moon landing .

action

The film describes both the preparations and the implementation of the Apollo 11 mission in the late 1960s. The private aspects of the three astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins and Neil Armstrong are also highlighted.

A key question is who should be the first of the two astronauts in the command module to step onto the moon . Ultimately, the choice falls on Neil Armstrong as he is the commandant of the mission.

background

Buzz Aldrin acted as the technical advisor on this film. The premiere on German television was on June 1, 2000 on ProSieben .

Reviews

“In the matter of 'Forty Years of the Moon Landing', the media […] have fulfilled their supply mandate very well - but this rock-solid, historically accurate TV retelling is still worthwhile. [...] Conclusion: The man in the moon is also impressed. "

- Cinema

"' Biopic ' with some sentimentality that forces the actual events into a dramatic framework."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• Apollo 11 on the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Apollo 11 in the online film database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. imdb.de
2. ↑ film review on cinema.de
3. ^ Apollo 11. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .