Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.
Matthias Schweighöfer
as Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Til Schweiger
as Werner Voss
Lena Headey
as Käthe
Joseph Fiennes
as Captain Roy Brown
Volker Bruch
as Lothar von Richthofen
Julie Engelbrecht
as Ilse
Maxim Mehmet
as Leutnant Sternberg
Steffen Schroeder
as Leutnant Bodenschatz
Hanno Koffler
as Leutnant Lehmann
Tino Mewes
as Leutnant Wolff
Ralph Misske
as Menzke
Axel Prahl
as General von Hoeppner
