A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
George Peppard
as Lt. Bruno Stachel
James Mason
as General Count von Klugermann
Ursula Andress
as Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
Jeremy Kemp
as Willi von Klugermann
Karl Michael Vogler
as Colonel Otto Heidemann
Anton Diffring
as Holbach
Harry Townes
as Kettering
Peter Woodthorpe
as Rupp
Derek Newark
as Ziegel
Derren Nesbitt
as Fabian
Loni von Friedl
as Elfi Heidemann
Friedrich von Ledebur
as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf