Fighter Pilots

A 1974 South African feature film directed by Franz Marx.

Alternative titles

Released on video as Wing Commander. Translated/dubbed as: Seuns van die Wolke (Afrikaans), Ta skylia tou polemou (Greek) and Kampflyverne (Norwegian).

Subject

World War II. A young South African fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force asks to be transferred from England to North Africa. His personal mission is to go and hunt for the German ace pilot who shot down his brother’s Spitfire and killed him. Based on the true story of Hendrik Reynecke and Werner von Steinhaus.

Cast

Will Roberts (Oberleutnant Werner von Steinhaus), Johann van Heerden as John Hardy (Captain Hendrik Reynecke), Werner Doll, Ian Strauss, Rosemary Gibson, Philip Jones, Jannie Wienand, Annette Engelbrecht and Schalk Jacobsz.

Production credits

Produced by Brigadiers Films. Executive producers: Albie Venter and Madel Venter. Directed by Franz Marx. Script by James Ambrose Brown. Cinematography by Vincent G. Cox. Art direction by Raymond Wilson. Music by Art Heatlie. Stunts by Jannie Wienand. Costumes by Anna Richter Visser. Production management by Colin Ward.