Test flight QE 97
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Test flight QE 97 |
| Original title | Q planes |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1939 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Tim Whelan , Arthur B. Woods |
| script | Ian Dalrymple |
| production | Irving Asher |
| music | Muir Mathieson |
| camera | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| cut | Hugh Stewart |
| occupation | |
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Testflug QE 97 (in the original Q Planes ) is a British thriller with comedic elements by Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods from 1939. The script is based on a story by Brock Williams, Arthur Wimperis, Jack Wittingham. The premiere in Germany took place on December 18, 1965 on German television ( ARD ).
action
British transport planes carrying highly classified material on behalf of the government are being tested. But the test aircraft regularly disappear with the crew. Nobody can explain it, including Major Hammond from military intelligence and his sister Kay, who works as an undercover reporter in the base canteen, are puzzled.
Hammond begins his research at the factory that makes the aircraft. The company owner regards Hammond with suspicion, but he can make friends with the so-called aviator ace Tony McVane. Hammond suspects that Secretary Jenkins is a foreign agent. But before the planned arrest, Jenkins is killed by a sniper. McVane meets Kay at the same time that he falls in love. Kay tries to extract information from McVane because she believes in a big story, but McVane does not get involved.
When McVane does a test flight, his machine is brought down by a mysterious beam emanating from an equally mysterious foreign ship. McVane is captured by the ship's crew and discovers many of his missing comrades on the ship. Together with them, they can break out and take control of the ship. Hammond is notified and the Royal Navy has the pilots brought ashore. On land it turns out that Hammond's long-time girlfriend has married.
Reviews
"Well played mixture of thriller and comedy, told in an exciting and amusing way with dry wit."
"Fast agent thriller.!"
background
In the USA the film was shown under the title Clouds over Europe .
Ian Dalrymple, who won a screenplay Oscar in the film's year of production, adapted the story of the three authors. Vincent Korda , the brother of executive producer Alexander Korda and director Zoltan Korda , who was not involved in this film, was the film's production designer.
Muir Mathieson was not only the lead composer of the film, but also musical director. He was supported by the composers Richard Addinsell and Miklós Rózsa, who were not mentioned in the credits .
The film title is based on the Q Ships , known as the submarine trap , used by Great Britain during World War I.
DVD release
The film was released on June 9, 2006 as part of the Classic Movie Collection by AmCo (FSK: 6).
Web links
- Test flight QE 97 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Test flight QE 97. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed May 1, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.filmgalerie-berlin.de/cgi-bin/film.pl?filmId=15282&listId=450