---
title: 'D III 88 (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans Bertram'
released: '1939-10-26'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/d-iii-88-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031200/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# D III 88 (1939)

1939 · Documentary, Drama · Germany


## Synopsis

D III 88 is a 1939 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and Hans Bertram, the latter also having co-written the script. It stars Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke and Heinz Welzel. It was made as a propaganda film with the support of Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, and was the last of a series of Nazi aviation films to be made before the outbreak of World War II. It was one of the most commercially successful films released during the Nazi era. It was praised by Joseph Goebbels as "an irreproachable film of national destiny". The title, referring to the registration number of the Fokker Dr.I flown by one of the characters in World War I, was an attempt to re-inforce the propaganda link between the modern Luftwaffe and that of World War I. A sequel, Battle Squadron Lützow, was made in 1941.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans Bertram](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-bertram-2), [Herbert Maisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-maisch)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Bertram](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-bertram-2), [Wolf Neumeister](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-neumeister)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert Küssel](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-kussel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Georg Krause](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-krause), [Heinz von Jaworsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-von-jaworsky)
- **Editor:** [Carl Otto Bartning](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-otto-bartning)

## Cast

- [Malte Jaeger](https://cinepixo.com/people/malte-jaeger)
- [Carsta Löck](https://cinepixo.com/people/carsta-lock)
- [Otto Wernicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-wernicke)
- [Ilse Fürstenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-furstenberg)
- [Heinz Engelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-engelmann)
- [Hans Meyer-Hanno](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-meyer-hanno)
- [Adolf Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-fischer)
- [Egon Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/egon-vogel)
- [Karl Hermann Martell](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hermann-martell)
- [Hermann Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-braun)
- [Ernst Dernburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-dernburg)
- [Paul Bildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bildt)
- [Christian Kayßler](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-kay-ler)
- [Erich Dunskus](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-dunskus)
- [Paul Otto](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-otto)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/d-iii-88-1939
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