The film explores the background and build-up to this final flight to disaster. Using dramatic reconstruction, archive footage and exclusive interviews with leading historians and engineering experts, the special delves into the political and scientific events that led up to the catastrophe.

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Cast

John Shrapnel

Himself (Narrator)

Malcolm Tierney

Dr. Hugo Eckener

Gerard Monaco

Herbert Morrison

Simon Lowe

Joseph Späh

Michael Praed

Nelson Morris

Thorston Manderlay

Chefsteward Kubis

John Edmondson

Rudolph Sauter

Mark McGann

Commander Rosendahl

Piotr Grabowski

Helmut Lau