The Airlift 2005

Title: The Airlift
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Languages: German
Genres: Drama, Romance, War,
Runtime: 3:00:00 Hour
Cast: Heino Ferch, Bettina Zimmermann, Ulrich Tukur
Directors: Dror Zahavi
MPA Rating: R
Rating: 6 (479 Votes)
TomatoMeter: 40 %
Audiance Score: 72 %
Critics Consensus: Although it's an objective and handsomely presented take on the Crusades, Kingdom of Heaven lacks depth.
Year: 2005
Summary: Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must survive as a single mother of a 12-year-old boy in post-war Berlin. At the beginning of the Soviet Blockade in 1948, she waitresses at the Tempelhof Airport and gets to know General William Turner, one of the most influential aides of General Clay to organize the American airlifts. Luise becomes his personal secretary and falls in love with him, but suddenly Axel returns.