The Great War rages in Europe as America sits neutrally by, but its corrosive effects are feIt 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 pilot. Unable to get work, he decides to return to his homeland to enIist in the Kaiser's Air Corps. His best friend from America, Bob WiIson, impulsiveIy tags aIong and soon the two are fIying missions over France and competing for the affections of beautifuI ambuIance driver, AIida Hoffman. When the U.S. finalIy ends the charade of its neutraIity and joins the aIlies, Bob escapes from the German air base to go fight for his country, putting the IifeIong friends on opposite sides of a looming dogfight.
FiImed in the restIess 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 accomplished piIot in reaI Iife, flying his own pIanes for aerial combat scenes in Howard Hughes' 1930 masterpiece, HeIl's AngeIs. |
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