- Cast
- Notes
- References
- External links
- Further reading
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| name = The Crew of the Dora
| image = Besatzung_Dora.jpg
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| director = Karl Ritter
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| starring = Josef Dahmen
Hannes Stelzer
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| released = {{Film date|1943}}
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| country = Nazi Germany
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}}The Crew of the Dora (German: Besatzung Dora) is a 1943 German film about Luftwaffe pilots. It depicts a love triangle involving two of them being overcome by their participation in battle together.{{sfn|Grunberger|1971|p=384}} The film was banned in 1944, because of the worsening war situation; while on leave one character inspires a girl with hopes of settling in the east, a dream that no longer appeared possible.{{sfn|Leiser|1974|p=65}} Cast- Hannes Stelzer as Flugzeugführer Leutnant Joachim Krane
- Hubert Kiurina as Leutnant Franz von Borcke
- Josef Dahmen as Feldwebel Otto Roggenkamp
- Georg Thomalla as Bordschütze Unteroffizier Fritz Mott
- Ernst von Klipstein as Hauptmann Kurt Gillhausen
- Clemens Hasse as Oberleutnant Erich Krumbhaar
- Helmut Schabrich as Oberleutnant Semmler
- Wolfgang Preiss as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
- Suse Graf as Dr. Marianne Güldener
- Charlott Daudert as Mathilde Kronschnabel
- Carsta Löck as Straßenbahnschaffnerin Betty Schütte
- Roma Bahn as Laborantin Fräulein Bornschlegel
- Otz Tollen as Oberleutnant
- Ewald Wenck as Ober im Restaurant
Notes References- {{cite book | last = Grunberger | first = Richard | authorlink = Richard Grunberger | title = The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany, 1933–1945 | publisher = New York: Da Capo | year = 1971 | isbn = 9780306806605 | ref = harv }}
- {{cite book | last = Leiser | first = Erwin | authorlink = Erwin Leiser | title = Nazi Cinema | publisher = Macmillan / London: Secker & Warburg | location = New York | year = 1974 | isbn = 9780020124009 | ref = harv }}
External links Further reading - {{cite book | last = Gillespie | first = William| authorlink =William Gillespie (author)| title = Karl Ritter: His Life and 'Zeitfilms' under National Socialism| location=Potts Point, New South Wales |publisher = German Films Dot Net| year = 2014 | isbn = 9780980861228 }}
- {{cite book | last = Gillespie | first = William| authorlink =William Gillespie (author)| title = The Making of The Crew of the Dora| location=Potts Point, New South Wales |publisher = German Films Dot Net| year = 2016 | isbn = 9780980861235 }}
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