
Haunted by a mysterious super-pilot, a young glider pilot first flees, then confronts his challenger. Nominated for an Academy Award. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

All we really needed here was “Biggles” and we could have had a grand wartime airborne adventure between the red and the white. We know that Denis Arndt’s glider is being pursued by a dastardly enemy but why? Well, probably so we can watch some aero-acrobatics as both ride the thermals and are deftly photographed as they have their bullet-free dogfight. Arndt tries his hand at acting a little, but the less said about that the better - he ought to just concentrate on remembering to take of his seatbelt - and there’s a quirky twist at the end to keep it interesting if you’re interested in your sport encased in a balsa wood cockpit.