German title screen for Flight into Hell, an Australian/French/German co-production (screen cap)
Adaptation of
Flight into Hell
1936
single work
autobiography
Issue Details:
First known date:
1985...
1985
Flight Into Hell
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; Revcom Television , 1985
Producers:
Ray Alchin
Production Companies:
According to Moran, a co-production between The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Revcom TV (Paris). According to the German closing titles, a third studio, Andre Libik Filmproduktion (Munich) was also a production partner.
Finance Organisations:
According to Moran, 'Major investments came from WA, WWF Munich and Andre Libk [sic] Productions' (reflecting the Western Australian setting and the German protagonists). (Also see note above.)
Director of Photography:
Peter Hendry
Editors:
Tony Kavanagh and Lyn Solly
Production Designers:
Laurie Johnson and Andrew Blaxland
Music:
Klaus Doldinger
Cast:
Including Helmut Zierl (Hans Bertram), Werner Stocker (Adolph Klausmann), Anne Tenney (Kate Webber), Gerard Kennedy (Sergeant Steve Lucas), Dennis Grosvenor (Constable Maxwell), Tim McKenzie (Constable Anderson), Philip Quast (Chris Gordon), Robert Cuming (Captain Mitchell), Robert Hughes (Carson), Serge Lazareff (Charlie Ferris), and Charito Ortez (Wilhelmina).
Release Dates:
According to Moran, 28 May 1985
Notes:
Also known as Flug in die Hölle (Germany) and Voyage en enfer (France).
The titles of the German version of Flight Into Hell also list the German actors who over-dubbed the Australian actors' dialogue, showing that Anne Tenney was over-dubbed by Christina Holtel, Philip Quast by Erich Hallhuber, Robert Hughes by Stephen Schwartz, Serge Lazareff by Jochea Striebeck, and Charito Ortez by Ursula Kho.
Settings:
- Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- 1932
