Fighters in the Sky! (German Luftwaffe in war movies)
Actual films portraying the German Luftwaffe are non-existent, thus you must seek films with some type of aircraft attack scenario, or a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp, since many of the camps were run by the Luftwaffe.
Still, you can see a few German Luftwaffe aircraft in many of these films.
In Germany, stalag was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps.
During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) operated Stalag Luft in which flying personnel, both officers and non-commissioned officers, were held.
The Kriegsmarine (German navy) operated Marlag for Navy personnel and Milag for Merchant Navy personnel.
Fort Eben-Emael
Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border.
The fort was neutralized by glider-borne German troops (94 men)on 10–11 May 1940 during the Second World War.
This was the first strategic airborne operation using paratroopers ever attempted in military history.
Battle of Crete
German assault force numbering 25,647 paratroopers and air landing troops; the Germans had recorded nearly 7,300 casualties, including 3,685 killed or missing in action.
More than half of the losses occurred on the first day among the paratroopers of the 7th Air Division.
+ Included also Axis power allies.
Into the Sky! (German Luftwaffe in war movies)
Still, you can see a few German Luftwaffe aircraft in many of these films.
In Germany, stalag was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps.
During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) operated Stalag Luft in which flying personnel, both officers and non-commissioned officers, were held.
The Kriegsmarine (German navy) operated Marlag for Navy personnel and Milag for Merchant Navy personnel.
Fort Eben-Emael
Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border.
The fort was neutralized by glider-borne German troops (94 men)on 10–11 May 1940 during the Second World War.
This was the first strategic airborne operation using paratroopers ever attempted in military history.
Battle of Crete
German assault force numbering 25,647 paratroopers and air landing troops; the Germans had recorded nearly 7,300 casualties, including 3,685 killed or missing in action.
More than half of the losses occurred on the first day among the paratroopers of the 7th Air Division.
+ Included also Axis power allies.
Into the Sky! (German Luftwaffe in war movies)
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- DirectorHans BertramStarsHerbert GernotHermann GöringAdolf HitlerPoland was the first victim of Hitler's infamous blitzkrieg. Combat cameramen filmed the aerial campaign, showing preparations for flight, massive air strikes, and the appalling devastation wreaked upon Polish towns and armies. 'Norbert Schultze (I)''s original score lyrically enhances this Nazi propaganda vehicle.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsHardy KrügerColin GordonMichael GoodliffeA cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry AndrewsIn 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsTom CruiseBill NighyCarice van HoutenA dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard AttenboroughAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their men to escape from a German camp during World War II.
- StarsFrank OvertonPaul BurkeChris RobinsonA WWII bomb group commander must fill the shoes of his predecessor and get the performance rating up to snuff. He struggles with his own men, until he is able to develop pride in the group and win the men over, but at a cost to him.
- CreatorBernard FeinAlbert S. RuddyStarsBob CraneWerner KlempererJohn BannerThe inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders.
- DirectorPetter NæssStarsFlorian LukasDavid KrossLachlan NieboerWorld War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsRichard DixMary AstorRobert ArmstrongIn hard times just after World War I, three ex-fighter pilots manage to land jobs as Hollywood stunt fliers working for dictatorial director Von Furst.
- DirectorTinto BrassStarsHelmut BergerIngrid ThulinTeresa Ann SavoyKitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power-hungry army official, who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsGeorge C. ScottAnne BancroftWilliam AthertonA chronicle of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsJack HawkinsMichael DenisonAndrew OsbornThe story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckHugh MarloweGary MerrillA tough-as-nails general takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
- DirectorVadim ShmelyovStarsArtyom GubinLubov KonstantinovaIgor YudinA film about the feat of the Podolsk cadets in October 1941 near Moscow. The cadets of the Podolsk artillery-infantry schools are ordered to take up defenses on the Ilyinsky line.
- DirectorFranz MarxStarsWill RobertsJohann van HeerdenWerner DollNorth Africa during World War II. The German fighter pilot ace Werner von Steinhaus dominates the sky.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsTelly SavalasErnest BorgnineHunt BlockA team of renegade soldiers in World War II tries to stop the creation of the Fourth Reich in the Middle East.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyDennis MorganBrenda MarshallInspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.
- DirectorChristos EppersonStarsChase BrandonPatrick Leigh-FermorGeorge Tzitzikas"The 11th Day" chronicles the story of the men, women, and children of the Cretan civilian resistance movement and their relentless battle against Nazi occupation forces from 1941-1945.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsCurd JürgensViktor de KowaKarl JohnDuring WW2, German general Harry Harras is a test pilot and chief engineer for the Luftwaffe but his contempt for the Nazis and sabotage at the aircraft plant land him in hot water with the Gestapo.
- DirectorNikolai MüllerschönStarsMatthias SchweighöferLena HeadeyTil SchweigerGerman biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
- DirectorAleksey KozlovStarsMaria MelnikovaAndrey Mironov-UdalovGela MeskhiSeptember 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes - but not rescuers - are the first to arrive at the scene.
- DirectorAleksey SidorovStarsAleksandr PetrovIrina StarshenbaumViktor DobronravovAn SS Panzer Division uses a T-34 manned by Soviet POWs as a training target, but the prisoners plot a daring maneuver.
- DirectorAlexandre AstrucStjepan CikesStarsGérard BarrayClaudine AugerRaoul Saint-YvesIn April 1941,Germany invaded Yugoslavia without a declaration of war;aboard a destroyer ,opinions differ:shall we surrender or shall we join the British fleet in Malta?Two young lieutenants would like to continue the war,but their superior is a coward and it's a capitulation . Both officers refuse to salute the new flag .Lieutenant Michel Masic and his companion carry on with their fight :after their sacrifice ,all their men will become resistant fighters .
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsEdmond O'BrienRobert StackJohn RodneyDuring World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
- DirectorTony DowStarsSamuel WestMartin ClunesJames TerryComedy drama set in wartime Britain showing what can happen when British RAF men and airmen from the U.S. Army Air Force are forced to share barracks.
