Rex Benny - Blind Flight

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Benny Mertens
Benny Mertens

Benny

Inge Hoepfner
Inge Hoepfner

Grandma

Mike Rosenkranz
Mike Rosenkranz

Boxer

Dimitrij Mertens
Dimitrij Mertens

Kid 1

Tillman Mertens
Tillman Mertens

Kid 2

Norman Schwochow
Norman Schwochow

Kid 3

Tobias Vosz
Tobias Vosz

Kid 4

Sarah Francis
Sarah Francis

Kid 5

Siggi Ortwein
Siggi Ortwein

Woman 1

Beate Seling
Beate Seling

Woman 2

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    A short film about a boy experiencing immersion and fascination for war as he looks through the old photo album of his grandfather who was a Nazi soldier during WWII.

  • Release Date

    1997-10-17

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    War is horrifing, war is ugly, war is fascinating.

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  • Languages:

    Deutsch
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