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Poster for The Red Baron

The Red Baron

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2008 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With just 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for action fans and history buffs. If you loved The Guns of Navarone or Dunkirk, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
The mood
Intense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 46 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG-13: peril. Probably too much for younger kids.
  • It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Critics were cooler on it than audiences.

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    13% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesSolid

    6.7 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $3 million worldwide on a $18 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 34K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Nikolai Müllerschön

  • Matthias SchweighöferBaron Manfred von Richthofen
  • Til SchweigerWerner Voss
  • Lena HeadeyKäthe
  • Joseph FiennesCaptain Roy Brown
  • Volker BruchLothar von Richthofen
  • Julie EngelbrechtIlse
  • Maxim MehmetLeutnant Sternberg
  • Steffen SchroederLeutnant Bodenschatz
  • Hanno KofflerLeutnant Lehmann
  • Tino MewesLeutnant Wolff