Gert Fröbe
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Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe was a German actor who appeared in over 100, mostly German-produced films. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bo
Fröbe at the premiere of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines in 1965
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes is a 1965 British epic period comedy film that satirises the early years of aviation. Direc
Gert Fröbe
…as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), as General Dietrich von Choltitz in Is Paris Burning? (1966), as Colonel Manfred von Holstein in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), and as Inspector Bauer in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg (1977). Fröbe was a three-time German Film Award nominee, twice for Best Leading…
Theatrical release poster
Ron Goodwin's music plays an integral part in the film.
1963 replica of the Bristol Boxkite, now hanging in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Santos-Dumont flying his Demoiselle in Paris, 1907