Ikarus, the Flying Man

Overview

Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 27, 1918

Original language

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Neutral-Film

Cast

Ernst Hofmann,Ernst Rennspies,Edith Sorel,Olga Engl,Esther Carena,Gustav Botz,Heinz Sarnow

Director

Carl Froelich

Writer

Leo Heller

Producer

Karl Julius Fritzsche

Cinematography

Hermann Böttger

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0009220