Zeppelin is a 1971 British World War I action/drama film of a fictitious German attempt to raid Great Britain in a giant Zeppelin and steal the Magna Carta from its hiding place in one of Scotland's castles. The film stars Michael York, Elke Sommer, and Anton Diffring, and was directed by Etienne Perrier. It's 1915, Geoffrey Richter-Douglas is an Scotsman of German descent, now a lieutenant in the British Army. His life changes as he meets Stephanie , a German Spy with whom he falls in love. She suggests him to come back to the fatherland where the members of his family and friends are. As a... loyal soldier he reports this to his commanding officer, but surprisingly he also wants Geoffrey to go to Germany - on a secret mission to steal construction plans of the new type of Zeppelin LZ36 which is under development. Geoffrey leaves England undercover as a deserter and soon arrives at Friedrichshafen where he meets his long time friend Prof. Altshul who lives with beautiful, much younger wife, Erika .
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| Release date: | 1971 |
| Directed by: | Étienne Périer |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | Alan Hume |