The blue max
(DVD)

Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: May 20, 2003.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Based on the novel by Jack D. Hunter.

Director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; art director, Fred Carter ; editor, Max Benedict ; original music, Jerry Goldsmith ; costume designer, John Furniss ; production designer, Wilfrid Shingleton.

George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler, Anton Diffring, Harry Towb, Peter Woodthorpe, Derek Newark.

A low-born infantryman becomes a pilot during World War I, almost deliberately stepping on the sensibilities of his aristocratic comrades in the process. A national hero, he wins the Blue Max, the highest award that can be bestowed upon an aviator. His fame is exploited by a general, who tolerates the affair between the pilot and the general's wife. The canny general knows that, eventually, the pilot will become expendable, and a "heroic" death can be arranged.

DVD; NTSC; region 1 encoding; dual-layer; Dolby digital.

Closed-captioned with optional English (Dolby surround), French (mono), or Spanish (mono) language tracks and English or Spanish subtitles.

BAFTA Awards, 1967: BAFTA Film Award - Best British Art Direction (Colour) (Wilfred Shingleton).