Zeppelin (DVD)

A colossal silver airship looms out of the clouds above the English Channel, then is swallowed in a silent mist. This is Germany's Zeppelin, the most feared air weapon of World War I. Michael York (Cabaret, Logan's Run) stars as Lt. Geoffrey Richter-Douglas, a German-born Scot asked by the British to infiltrate a German zeppelin works. Although he knows he'll be branded as a traitor and mistrusted, he agrees. In what seems like luck, Richter-Douglas is invited aboard a zeppelin trial run, but that luck turns ominous once airborne. A German commandant initiates a daring raid over England ' and Richter-Douglas finds that his knowledge of the Scottish countryside is the key to the mission's success. Hold on tight as this suspenseful adventure ' complete with spectacular special effects ' takes you soaring.

Starring: Michael York, Elke Sommer, Peter Carsten, Marius Goring, Anton Diffring, Rupert Davies, Alexandra Stewart, William Marlowe, Richard Hurndall, George Mikell, Clive Morton, Gary Waldhorn, Alan Rothwell, Peter Fraser, Andrew Keir, Michael Robbins, John Gill, Ben Howard, Arnold Diamond, Bryan Coleman, Ronald Adam, Frazer Hines, Ruth Kettlewell, Ray Lonnen, John Clark, Matthew Long

Director: Leon Fromkess, Owen Crump

Rating: G