''Flight into Hell'' is a 1985 television
miniseries
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...
about German pilot
Hans Bertram and his
co-pilot
In aviation, the first officer (FO), also called co-pilot, is the pilot who is second-in-command of the aircraft to the captain, who is the legal commander. In the event of incapacitation of the captain, the first officer will assume command o ...
who go missing in 1932, based on Bertram's book of the same name, and in what was also known as
1932 Kimberley rescue.
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p195]
Cast
*
Helmut Zierl ...
Hans Bertram
*
Werner Stocker ...
Adolph Klausmann
In 1932, pilot Hans Bertram and mechanic Adolph Klausmann were rescued while attempting to circumnavigate the world in a Junkers W 33 seaplane. After departing Koepang, Dutch Timor, they endured a storm in the Timor Sea on 15 May and were for ...
* Robin Cuming ... Captain Mitchell
* Dennis Grosvenor ... Constable Maxwell
*
Gerard Kennedy ... Sgt. Steve Lucas
* Charito Ortez ... Wilhelmina
*
Philip Quast
Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category.
He is perhaps best known ...
... Chris Gordon
*
Anne Tenney
Anne Tenney (born 1954) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress, perhaps best known for her role as Melissa "Molly" Jones in the television drama ''A Country Practice'', Liz Taylor in ''Always Greener'' and Sal Kerrigan opposite Mi ...
... Kate Webber
*
Banduk Marika
References
External links
''Flight into Hell''at
IMDb
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''Flight into Hell''at
AustLit
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
1980s Australian television miniseries
1985 Australian television series debuts
1985 Australian television series endings
English-language television shows
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