Movie: Ikarus, the Flying Man

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Ernst Hofmann
Ernst Hofmann

Günther Ellinghaus

Esther Carena
Esther Carena

Clemence de Montignon

Gustav Botz
Gustav Botz

Günther's Father

Olga Engl
Olga Engl

Günther's Mother

Heinz Sarnow
Heinz Sarnow

Baron d'Aubigny

Edith Sorel
Edith Sorel

Cousin Erika

Ernst Rennspies
Ernst Rennspies

Political Agent

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    Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.

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    1918-10-27

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