Ikarus, the Flying Man
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Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.
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Cast
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Ernst Hofmann
Günther Ellinghaus
Also in
Algol: Tragedy of Power
The Island of the Blessed
Esther Carena
Clemence de Montignon
Also in
Wenn Colombine winkt
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
Gustav Botz
Günther's Father
Known for
Nosferatu
Olga Engl
Günther's Mother
Known for
Phantom
Heinz Sarnow
Baron d'Aubigny
Also in
The Uncanny House
The Ravine of Death
Edith Sorel
Cousin Erika
No other roles listed
Ernst Rennspies
Political Agent
Also in
Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König
A Wedding Dream
Carl Froelich Director · Leo Heller Writer Hermann Böttger Cinematographer
First release October 27, 1918 · Produced in Germany · Original title Ikarus, der fliegende Mensch
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Neutral-Film
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Germany
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Original title
Ikarus, der fliegende Mensch
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · October 27, 1918
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No release date listed for United States.
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