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Home > Screenings > Autentic Distribution > Claude Dornier - Pioneer of Aviation

Producer: Filmquadrat, arte

Genres: Documentary


2x45’, 90’

Claude Dornier is a world-renowned name. The aviation pioneer developed 68 types of aircraft, many of them based on revolutionary concepts. The documentary reveals his life and work using rare archival imagery and animations. Driven by the urge to develop a machine that moves through the air, the German-Frenchman is famous through Aviation history. Even today, members of the Dornier family build hydroplanes based on Claude Dornier’s design ideas from Munich and the Philippines. We explore the creative and driving forces of Claude’s work using interviews with experts and members of the Dornier family.