ZEPPELIN 'Main Theme' - Roy Budd (Edit-with-ending)

Zeppelin (1971) is an action drama directed by Etienne Périer (When Eight Bells Toll).
The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey von Richter-Douglas (Michael York) in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.
The only person who unconvinced that Geoffrey is committed to the German cause is Ericka Altshul (Elke Sommer), beautiful wife of the zeppelin's designer Christian Altshul (Marius Goring). Geoffrey talks his way aboard the zeppelin as it embarks on its trial run, but is horrified to discover that the supposed "trial run" is actually an intricately planned, top secret attack on the British mainland. The objective is to storm a fortress where the Magna Carta document is being kept and destroy the document, striking a blow against British morale by robbing them of one of their most valuable items of heritage and history.

The music to movie is classic Roy Budd,
"...intertwined with the sound of the airship's engines to form a bold march like anthem."
Described by others as "...excellent Morricone-esque."

Trivia - the exterior shots of the German airship sheds, meant to be in Friedrichshafen, were in fact filmed on location at Cardington, Bedfordshire. These were the original sheds which became home to the British airships R100 and R101.

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• Elke-Sommer
• Peter-Carsten
• Marius-Goring
• Anton-Diffring
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• Rupert-Davies
• Alexandra-Stewart
• William-Marlowe
• Michael-Robbins

[RAGUGURU]

Fantastic to find this thanks! My father was an 'extra' in the film, sadly not shown in your clips, and each day we used to pop down watch the filming water scenes which were shot in Malta where we lived. He played both a 'Jerry' and 'Tommy'.

[Soundtrackcollector]

Great comment and information.

Thanks

[rwc19390]

Thanks for posting this! My first favorite movie as a 7 year old. This is one movie that begs for a remake. I do think the plot to steal the Magna Cara, crown jewels was a bit lame , but the raid itself was a great scene.

[Soundtrackcollector]

Like your comment ...thanks.

[YogahofYag]

Marvellous film!

Elke was a goddess!

*sigh*

Is it available on DVD?

[Soundtrackcollector]

Thanks for your comment.

Sadly, not in the UK or USA.

[Orthanc2113]

Great score from one of the really under-rated war movies - maybe ever. The period feeling was terrific, and the aerial combat sequences were maybe the best ever filmed (aerial combat against a zeppelin!).

One other interesting point - the Germans were not stock bad guys in this movie - they much more sympathetic than usually portrayed -- ruthless but also capable of showing great heroism and sacrifice.

[rexrex118]

BACK TO THE ZEPPLEIN!!!!!!

[filmmusicstudio]

The widescreen DVD is also a great print!

[rexrex118]

Great Film and is On DVd from WARNER ARCHIVES COLLECTIONS, AWESOME FILM :-)

[ns006m1]

Brilliant film. somebody needs to upload the full version asap.

[TheLegoman2852]

KA BEWM

[cannonski]

This movie definitely needs more love, as do WWI movies. Sad really.

[Valdez244]

Really enjoyed this movie as a kid. I Loved Roy Budd`s style of film scoring. One can only imagine what scores He would have written for today`s action fare.

[tetrisclock]

Interesting! I've never heard of this film before. I'll have to find some way to see it, as I can't get enough of WW1 films.

[okfiction]

WHERE is the full score by Roy Budd ???

May be it went down with the Zeppelin...

[andy67discofan]

ein wirklich guter film ich glaube der einzige vom kriegseinsatz eines zeppelins doch leider nur fiktiv da so ein einsatz nie stattgefunden hatt die filmaufnahmen wahren sehr autentisch die inneneinrichtung sowie die motoren alles sehr echt nur wurden bei der geschwindigkeit ein wenig übertrieben 112 errechte damals lz 36 wohl nie 103 ist realistisch schade das mann den film nicht kaufen kann wenn ihn jemand hatt oder weiss währe ich sehr dankbar