The Crew of the Dora

The Crew of the Dora (German: Besatzung Dora) is a 1943 German film about Luftwaffe pilots. It depicts a love triangle involving two of them being overcome by their participation in battle together.^[1]

The film was banned in 1944, because of the worsening war situation; while on leave one character inspires a girl with hopes of settling in the east, a dream that no longer appeared possible.^[2]

Cast

• Hannes Stelzer as Flugzeugführer Leutnant Joachim Krane
• Hubert Kiurina as Leutnant Franz von Borcke
• Josef Dahmen as Feldwebel Otto Roggenkamp
• Georg Thomalla as Bordschütze Unteroffizier Fritz Mott
• Ernst von Klipstein as Hauptmann Kurt Gillhausen
• Clemens Hasse as Oberleutnant Erich Krumbhaar
• Helmut Schabrich as Oberleutnant Semmler
• Wolfgang Preiss as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
• Suse Graf as Dr. Marianne Güldener
• Charlott Daudert as Mathilde Kronschnabel
• Carsta Löck as Straßenbahnschaffnerin Betty Schütte
• Roma Bahn as Laborantin Fräulein Bornschlegel
• Otz Tollen as Oberleutnant
• Ewald Wenck as Ober im Restaurant

Notes

References

• Grunberger, Richard (1971). The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany, 1933–1945. New York: Da Capo. ISBN 9780306806605. 
• Leiser, Erwin (1974). Nazi Cinema. New York: Macmillan / London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 9780020124009. 

External links

• The Crew of the Dora on IMDb

Further reading

• Gillespie, William (2014). Karl Ritter: His Life and 'Zeitfilms' under National Socialism. Potts Point, New South Wales: German Films Dot Net. ISBN 9780980861228. 
• Gillespie, William (2016). The Making of The Crew of the Dora. Potts Point, New South Wales: German Films Dot Net. ISBN 9780980861235.