Firefox (film)

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Movie
German title Firefox
Original title Firefox
Firefox movie.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1982
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Clint Eastwood
script Alex Lasker
Wendell Wellman
production Clint Eastwood
music Maurice Jarre
camera Bruce Surtees
cut Ron Spang
Ferris Webster
occupation
synchronization

Firefox is an American action film from 1982 and based on the novel of the same name by Craig Thomas . Clint Eastwood , who produced the film, directed and played the role of pilot Mitchell Gant. The film opened in German cinemas on September 23, 1982.

action

In the Soviet Union , a new combat aircraft , the MiG-31 (not to be confused with the real MiG-31 ), was developed, the fictional NATO code name of which is "Firefox". The Firefox puts all fighter jets that currently exist in NATO in the shade. It reaches hypersonic speed at Mach 6 , has stealth technology and a new kind of thought-controlled weapon system with which the pilot can react extremely quickly to attacks. At the moment only a prototype of this aircraft should exist. In order to prevent the Soviets from mass-producing the aircraft and thereby gaining a military advantage, the Americans want to steal the aircraft with the help of the British. The British secret service has already established contact to contact people in the Soviet Union, who are willing to support such a project. Among them are the two scientists Baranovich and Semelowsky, who are significantly involved in the development of Firefox and have nothing more to lose, since as Jews and potential dissidents they will likely end up in a Soviet forced labor camp when they are no longer needed.

The ex-Vietnam pilot Mitchell Gant is selected for the project. He belonged to a special unit of the US Air Force and is able to fly all Soviet fighter jets. Despite the fact that he has been the Vietnam War under a post-traumatic stress disorder is suffering, it is ideal for use because he think fluent Russian and can speak, his mother and he grew up bilingual Russian and he has the same size as the test pilot Colonel Voskow , for the pilot helmet and pressure suit have been adjusted. Gant is smuggled into the Soviet Union under a false name, where he meets the contacts who support him in getting to the plane. To do this, Gant has to change his identity several times and is constantly being persecuted by the KGB and the military . Gant learns from Baranovich that there is a second prototype of the Firefox that is supposed to be destroyed by fire. Gant is smuggled into the hangar area and penetrates into the quarters of Voskow, whom he attacks and knocks unconscious. However, he renounces the planned fatal blow and hides Voskow in order to assume his identity until the start. When the news about Gant's true identity arrives at the base and it is clear what he is up to, Gant is already sitting on the plane and taxiing to the runway. As he was taking off from the runway, the general secretary of the CPSU arrived, who wanted to see the test flight with the Firefox. The destruction of the second Firefox is barely prevented, Baranovich, Semelowsky and all other contact persons are killed. General Vladimirov and the general secretary argue about how to proceed after the failure to intercept Gant. Gant lands by plane on a large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean and is supplied with the necessary fuel by an American submarine (“Mother One”). Colonel Voskow, who has meanwhile been sent off with the second Firefox, can overtake Gant thanks to aerial refueling and a dogfight breaks out between the two pilots over the Barents Sea . During this, Gant suffers a flashback and loses all orientation for a moment. However, Voskow missed the chance of a safe kill. In the further course of the dogfight, Gant can finally shoot his opponent and then fly unmolested towards NATO territory.

Others

  • The outdoor shots, which take place in Moscow , as well as the shots in the subway and the subway station were shot in Vienna : First the Stadtpark station on the U4 line and then the Südtiroler Platz station on the U1 line . A little later in the film, a 4030 of the Vienna S-Bahn appears in the background. There are also some film errors , for example the words "Kurzzug" and "Südtiroler Platz" can be read in a scene on the wall of the subway station.
  • The scenes showing the submerged submarine are taken from the film Eisstation Zebra .
  • There is a sequel to the book called Firefox Down . In this sequel it becomes clear that the Soviets managed to force Firefox to make an emergency landing. Gant lands the plane on a frozen lake in Finland, and escapes just before the plane collapses and sinks. Gant can get through to his people, and the Firefox is recovered, dried in an urgent process and made temporarily ready to go. With luck and effort, Gant manages to get the plane into NATO airspace, from where it is escorted by British tornadoes .

criticism

“Hair-raising agent story that ends in a tricky plane chase; questionable due to hero worship and armamentism. "

- Lexicon of international film .

The author Howard Hughes gave Firefox a negative rating, "Watch the trailer, read the book, play the game - just avoid the film, it's another The Eiger Sanction (Look at the trailer, read the book, play the game, but avoid the film, there is another " order of the dragon ") . Vincent Canbys review in the New York Times gave a similar comment: " Firefox . was a James Bond without women, a Superman with no sense of humor" in contrast, praised Roger Ebert to Film that would work like a good machine.

The website Rotten Tomatoes , evaluates the movie reviews, gave the film a positive rate of 42% (based on 12 reviews).

synchronization

The dubbing company Elite Film GmbH, Munich, was responsible for the dubbing.

role actor Voice actor
Mitchell Gant Clint Eastwood Klaus Kindler
Captain Buckholz David Huffman Manfred Seipold
Colonel Kontarsky Kenneth Colley Reinhard Glemnitz
General Vladimirov Klaus Löwitsch Klaus Löwitsch
Kenneth Aubrey Freddie Jones Holger Hagen
Pavel Upenskoy Warren Clarke Gernot Duda
Pyotr Baranovich Nigel Hawthorne Horst Sachtleben

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Firefox. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 15, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Hughes 2009, p. 200.
  3. ↑ Candby, Vincent. "Firefox (1982), Stealing Firefox." The New York Times , June 18, 1982.
  4. ^ Roger Ebert: Firefox. In: Reviews. January 1, 1982, accessed on August 15, 2017 (English): "The movie works like a well-crafted machine"
  5. ↑ Firefox at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  6. ↑ Firefox (1982) German synchronous card index . Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ Firefox. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .