Movie · Drama · War & Military

During the 1948 Berlin Airlift, as British and American forces break a Russian blockade of the divided German city, a pair of American soldiers fall in love with local women against a backdrop of increasing Cold War tensions. Ground control specialist Hank Kowalski (Paul Douglas) finds happiness with the idealistic Gerda (Bruni Löbel), but, when pilot Danny MacCullough (Montgomery Clift) falls for the beautiful, mysterious Frederica (Cornell Borchers), his friends question her motives.

1950 · 1h 59m
Director George Seaton

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The Big Lift

Drama

During the 1948 Berlin Airlift, as British and American forces break a Russian blockade of the divided German city, a pair of American soldiers fall in love with local women against a backdrop of increasing Cold War tensions. Ground control specialist Hank Kowalski (Paul Douglas) finds happiness with the idealistic Gerda (Bruni Löbel), but, when pilot Danny MacCullough (Montgomery Clift) falls for the beautiful, mysterious Frederica (Cornell Borchers), his friends question her motives.

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Studio
Twentieth Century Fox
Released
1950
Run Time
1 hr 59 min
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), French (France) , German (Germany) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.