The Hindenburg is a 1975 American film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film stars George C. Scott. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link based on the book of the same name by Michael M. Mooney . A.A. Hoehling, author of a previous book also about the sabotage theory, Who Destroyed The Hindenburg? sued Mooney along with the film developers for copyright infringement as well as unfair competition. However, Judge Charles M. Metzner dismissed his allegations. A highly speculative thriller, The... Hindenburg depicts a conspiracy leading to the destruction of the airship. In reality, while the Zeppelins were certainly used as a propaganda symbol by the Third Reich, and anti-Nazi forces might have had the motivation for sabotage, the theory of sabotage was investigated at the time, and no firm evidence for such sabotage was ever put forward. The possibility of Boerth's deliberate sabotage is one theory of the fire that had been the subject of Mooney's book, published around the time of the film's development.
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| Release date: | December 25, 1975 |
| Directed by: | Robert Wise |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 125 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Wise |
| Editor: | Donn Cambern, Donn Cambern |
| Music by: | David Shire |
| Cinematography: | Robert Surtees |
| Screenplay by: | Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson, William Link |
| Adapted from: | Hindenburg |
| Genre: | Disaster, Thriller |