Battle Squadron Lützow (German: Kampfgeschwader Lützow) is a 1941 German war film directed by Hans Bertram and starring Christian Kayßler, Hermann Braun and Heinz Welzel. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in German-occupied Poland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Otto Moldenhauer. it functions as a sequel to the 1939 film D III 88. It was produced as a propaganda film by Tobis Film to support the German war effort during the Second World War. Because of its pro-Nazi content it was banned by the Allied authorities in 1945.
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Synopsis
The men of a German bomber squadron, named after the Prussian leader of the Napoleonic Wars Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, are ordered to take part in the Invasion of Poland in 1939. They rescue some ethnic Germans from a Polish attack, and two members of the squadron fall for Grete a young woman they have saved. They then proceed to the Battle of France, another decisive victory. They end the film launching their first bombing mission again England in the Battle of Britain.
Cast
Christian Kayßler as Oberst Mithoff
Hermann Braun as Unteroffizier Eckhard
Heinz Welzel as Unteroffizier Paulsen
Hannes Keppler as Unteroffizier Guggemos
Marietheres Angerpointner as Grethe Kubath
Carsta Löck as Lina Zeistler
Adolf Fischer as Unteroffizier Zeistler
Horst Birr as Obergefreiter Hasinger
Peter Voß as Major Hagen
Helmut von Hofe as Gefreiter Hellwig
Hans Bergmann as Unteroffizier Richards
O.K. Kinne as Oberleutnant Körner
Curt Pflug as Gefreiter Christoff
Horst Rossius as Hans Kubath
Ernst Stimmel as Lehrer Lehwald
Rudolf Vones as Hauptmann Pebal