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Released
1973 · FILM

The Birdmen

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
74 min

Synopsis

During World War II, an American soldier is sent to Norway to assist in the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can flee, they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp located in an alpine castle. Cook must find a way to escape with the scientist before the Gestapo discover the Norwegian's true identity and convinces the other prisoners to build a two-person glider in which they plan to escape.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Robert F ShugrueShot by Jack A MartaScored by David Rose

Also known as

  • Operación Braindraines

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