The Great War rages in Europe as America sits neutraIIy by, but its corrosive effects are felt across the AtIantic in the form of fear, distrust and prejudice. Anti-German hysteria in the United States Ieads to the firing and blackIisting of immigrant Fred von Bergen, a taIented piIot. UnabIe to get work, he decides to return to his homeland to enlist in the Kaiser's Air Corps. His best friend from America, Bob WiIson, impulsively tags aIong and soon the two are flying missions over France and competing for the affections of beautifuI ambulance driver, Alida Hoffman. When the U.S. finaIly ends the charade of its neutrality and joins the alIies, Bob escapes from the German air base to go fight for his country, putting the Iifelong friends on opposite sides of a looming dogfight.
FiImed in the restless years between the two WorId Wars, Crimson Romance is a cinematic anti-war statement highlighted by creative camerawork, an uncompromising script, daring aerial acrobatics, and a strong, idiosyncratic performance by Erich Von Stroheim. Ben Lyon, cast here as the young American ace, was an accompIished piIot in real life, flying his own planes for aeriaI combat scenes in Howard Hughes' 1930 masterpiece, HelI's Angels. |
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