Red Baron Movie Set in Prague

frontflieger · 18 March 2008, 09:03 AM

Hi all,

in 2006 I was lucky enough to visit the Set of the RED BARON movie in Prague. Here you can have a look at a couple of pictures I took there. It was great to stand beside a 1:1-modell of Richthofen's Albatros D!

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Thorsten

Immo_Frese · 18 March 2008, 09:22 AM

Schöne Fotos, Thorsten

womenfly2 · 18 March 2008, 10:33 AM

WOW! Thanks for sharing.

What was your overall impression while there on the set?

WF2

P.S. Do you have an English translation of the descriptions used on the photos?

Enio-1 · 18 March 2008, 10:59 AM

Do you have any pictures of the black (Bertrab) Albatros with comet?
It was in the line-up picture on the Red Baron movie website.
Or did they overpaint it? The black Albatros with the white cross looks very much like it!

Great pictures by the way!!!

Der Ostwind · 18 March 2008, 12:07 PM

Das war sicher eine spannende Zeitreise!

Hast Du Informationen über den Verbleib der Modelle nach Drehschluß??
Sind sie für den "Der rote Baron II" eingemottet worden??

Do you have information where the albatrosses are now?

frontflieger · 19 March 2008, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by womenfly2

WOW! Thanks for sharing.

What was your overall impression while there on the set?

WF2

P.S. Do you have an English translation of the descriptions used on the photos?

It was great to see everything in color (and even field-grey uniforms aren't just grey !!) The actor ressables von Richthofen very much - and Wolff wore his stupid night-cap! Non of the planes were able to fly - but they stood there in 1:1 (I jumped into Udet's black 'n' white stripped Fokker Dr I (he was 1.60 m and I am 1.90... far too long for the Fokkers!!)

I have added some English comments - though the pictures are much more important.

Thorsten

David_Layton · 19 March 2008, 10:36 AM

Why did they scallop the ends of the eisernkreuzes? All they needed to do was to talk to folks here or the modelling community and would have gotten that right.

womenfly2 · 19 March 2008, 11:41 AM

Hi Thorsten,

Could you post the picture of you in Udet's Dr.1? We would love to see it!

WF2

Major Larabee · 20 March 2008, 01:21 PM

Great pics, thanks for posting. Any info on what happened to the Replica's after the filming??

OLAF · 21 March 2008, 11:48 AM

Fantastic pictures!

I'm curious like the major - what happens to these props when the movie is over and they're not needed for filming or promotional work?

I know that some of the flyboys props went to a UK museum afterwards (anybody know if they're still there?).

They seem to have used a lot of full scale models in making The Red Baron, so maybe there's scope for them to be "recycled" by museums and for educational purposes?

Brilliant pictures though - thanks!