Target in the Clouds

{{Infobox film | name = Target in the Clouds | image = Target in the Clouds.jpg | caption = | director = [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Alfred Greven]]|[[Hans Tost]]}} | writer = {{ubl|[[Hans Rabl]] (novel)|[[Alf Teichs]]|[[Eberhard Frowein]]|[[Philipp Lothar Mayring]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Albert Matterstock]]|[[Leny Marenbach]]|[[Brigitte Horney]]|[[Werner Fuetterer]]}} | music = [[Wolfgang Zeller]] | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Hans Schneeberger]]|[[Eberhard von der Heyden]]}} | editing = [[Helmuth Schönnenbeck]] | studio = [[Terra Film]] | distributor = Terra Film | released = {{Film date|1939|03|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 99 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Target in the Clouds''''' (German: '''''Ziel in den Wolken''''') is a 1939 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]] and starring [[Albert Matterstock]], [[Leny Marenbach]] and [[Brigitte Horney]]. It was based on a novel by [[Hans Rabl]]. The film portrays the struggles of the fictional German [[aviation]] pioneer Walter von Suhr, an officer in the pre-[[First World War]] German army who saw the potential for military aircraft.<ref>Paris p.93</ref>

The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Otto Erdmann (art director)|Otto Erdmann]], [[Hans Sohnle]] and [[Wilhelm Vorwerg]]. It premiered at the [[Ufa-Palast am Zoo]] in [[Berlin]].

==Cast== * [[Albert Matterstock]] as Walter von Suhr * [[Leny Marenbach]] as Tilde von Gräwenitz * [[Brigitte Horney]] as Margot Boje * [[Werner Fuetterer]] as Dieter von Kamphausen * [[Volker von Collande]] as Ewald Menzel * [[Christian Kayßler]] as Krasselt * [[Willi Rose]] as Lehmann * [[Margarete Kupfer]] as Frau Menzel * [[Gisela von Collande]] as Elsi Menzel * [[Franz Weber (actor)|Franz Weber]] as Herr von Suhr * [[Gertrud de Lalsky]] as Frau von Suhr * [[Liesl Eckardt]] as Frau Rühde, Magd auf dem Grävenitz-Gut * [[Max Harry Ernst]] as Ein Gast im Lokal *[[Paul Hildebrandt]] as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorführung *[[Hans Junkermann (actor)|Hans Junkermann]] as Leslie *[[Malte Jäger]] as Der Offizier, der den Frau-Wirtin-Vers aufsagt *[[Willy Kaiser-Heyl]] as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorführung *[[Wilhelm P. Krüger]] as Der Dorfschullehrer *[[Olga Limburg]] as Frau von Gräwenitz *[[Kurt Mikulski]] as Ein französischer Flugzeugmonteur *[[Hadrian Maria Netto]] as Oberst von Salis *[[Joachim Rake]] as Der junge Adjutant des Hauptmann von Selbitz *[[Heinrich Schroth]] as Hauptmann von Selbitz *[[Else Valery]] as Die Besitzerin des Lokals *[[Robert Vincenti-Lieffertz]] as Der Adjutant des Oberleutnants von Suhr *[[Leopold von Ledebur]] as Ein Gast bei Grävenitz *[[Michael von Newlinsky]] as Ein Zuschauer am Flugplatz * [[Elsa Wagner]] as Tante Guste * [[Hanns Waschatko]] as {{Interlanguage link|Karl Lanz|de|3=Karl Lanz|lt=Dr. Karl Lanz}}, donator of the {{Interlanguage link|Lanz-Preis der Lüfte|de|3=Lanz-Preis der Lüfte|lt=Lanzpreises}} * [[Herbert Weissbach]] as Zuschauer bei der Flugvorführung * [[Hans Grade]] as Hans Grade, winner of the Lanz Price

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Paris, Michael. ''From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema''. Manchester University Press, 1995.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0132638}}

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