Product Description

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 06/02/2006

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78635 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-05-23
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 71 minutes

Customer Reviews

An enjoyable early talkie
The Lost Zeppelin was filmed in the days of gentleman officers. The glimpse of 1920s polite society is interesting, but you can skip over the first half-hour, or so, of the movie to get to the adventure. Caution, what follows is a plot spoiler.

The commander of a zeppelin about to journey to the South Pole discovers his wife is having an affair with his good friend and no.2 officer.

She tells him she's in love with the friend and just before he boards the airship, stiff upper lip and all that, he tells her he wants her to be happy and he'll have his lawyers prepare the paperwork for a divorce so she can be with the man she loves.

The zeppelin crashes in Antarctica leaving only two survivors, the commander and no. 2 officer. The rescue plane has room for only one passenger, so the commander orders his friend to take the seat and is later presumed dead. Meanwhile the errant wife suffers from buyer's remorse.

This is an early talkie with acting, a plot, and dialogue that could easily have come from a silent picture. The video and sound on the DVD would benefit from some restoration work, but with a low-volume release like this that's probably asking too much. The special effects using miniatures are interesting, and I've a weakness for zeppelins.

The Lost Zeppelin isn't a must-see classic movie, but it has its charm.