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Walter Doehner was born on 1 December 1955 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a director and assistant director, known for The Blue Room (2002), Teo's Journey (2008) and Sin rastro de ti (2016).
- Walter Doehner
- December 1, 1955
Feb 6, 2009 · According to his daughter, Mariana Doehner Pecanins, Walter Doehner died of cancer 20 years after the Hindenburg crash, at the age of 30. Matilde Doehner passed away in Mexico on August 16, 1981, four days before her 86th birthday.
- Patrick Russell
Walter Doehner was a survivor of the Hindenburg disaster. In the original timeline, Walter Doehner survived the Hindenburg disaster, but his father, Hermann Doehner, and his sister, Irene Doehner, did not.
Walter Doehner was born on 1 December 1955 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a director and assistant director, known for The Blue Room (2002), Teo's Journey (2008) and Sin rastro de ti (2016).
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Colonel Franz Ritter
Based on Colonel Fritz Erdmann The character of Franz Ritter is based on Luftwaffe Colonel Fritz Erdmann, but unlike the fictional Ritter, there is no evidence that Col. Erdmann had any duties relating to security during Hindenburg’s last flight. It was common practice for both German and American military officers to fly aboard Hindenburg to study flight operations, navigation procedures, and weather forecasting techniques, and there is no reason to believe that Erdmann had any other functio...
Ursula, the Countess
Fictional Character Some commentators have compared the Countess to passenger Margaret Mather, but there is little to connect the two women; the Countess was a sexy German woman traveling to visit her daughter, while Miss Mather was a sprightly but 58-year old American who never married or had children. But both the fictional Countess and the real-life Margaret Mather escaped the disaster simply by walking down the passsenger boarding steps as the burning zeppelin reached the ground. And in o...
Karl Boerth
Based on Erich Spehl The most inaccurate and unfair portrayal of the film is that of “Karl Boerth,” who is based on rigger Erich Spehl. The film, and the book on which it was based, depict Boerth/Spehl as a saboteur who caused the disaster. In reality, there is not the slightest piece of meaningful evidence that Spehl was in any way responsible for the tragedy. Karl Boerth: “My duty, Sir.”
Captain Ernst Lehman
Historical Character Captain Ernst Lehmann was an experienced zeppelin commander who was aboard Hindenburg as director of the German Zeppelin Transport Company (Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei). But while the film portrays Lehmann as being hostile to the National Socialist regime (“Dr. Eckener and I are out of favor at the Chancellery”), the opposite was true, and the historical Lehmann was known for his cooperation with the Nazis. Lehmann was named director of the Nazified Reederei because of his...
Captain Max Pruss
Historical Character Captain Max Prusswas in command of Hindenburg on the ship’s final flight. Like his character in the film, the historical Pruss was known for his sardonic and even sarcastic comments, but he was also admired for treating his subordinates with fairness and respect. The film shows Pruss rejecting the advice and recommendations of the senior Lehmann (“I’ll do the worrying thistrip, Captain”), but it is unlikely the real Pruss would have treated Lehmann so dismissively, and it...
Dimmler
Historical Figure There was an officer named Wilhelm Dimmleraboard the Hindenburg, but unlike his movie counterpart, the real Dimmler was an engineering officer who worked in the hull of the airship, and not a watch officer who worked in the control car as depicted in the movie.
The Breslau Family
1. Albert Breslau (Alan Oppenheimer) 2. Mrs. Mildred Breslau (Katherine Helmond) 3. Valerie Breslau (Jean Rasey; on Twitter) 4. Paul Breslau (Johnny Lee) 5. Peter Breslau (Stephen Manley) Based on the Doehner Family 1. Hermann Doehner 2. Matilde Doehner 3. Irene Doehner 4. Walter Doehner 5. Werner Doehner The five members of the Breslau family seem to parallel the Doehnerfamily, but while the fictional Mr. Breslau was an American with a Jewish grandmother (“Mrs. Milstein”), whose children wer...
Joe Spah
Historical Character Acrobat Joseph Spah, who performed under the stage name “Ben Dova” (it was a more innocent time), was returning to the United States with his Alsatian dog, Ulla. Ulla spent the flight in a freight room toward the tail of the ship, and Späh’s unaccompanied trips through the hull to visit his dog caused Hindenburg Captain Max Pruss and Chief Steward Heinrich Kubis later to suggest that he might have been responsible for the fire, which began near Ulla’s cage. Lakehurst com...
Edward Douglas
Historical Character The real Edward Douglas, like his movie counterpart, was an advertising man specializing in the automobile industry. Douglas was based in Frankfurt as Director of European Operations for the McCann/Erickson advertising agency, where he worked for General Motors, but the movie’s subplot, involving coded telegrams and a race to beat a competitor to New York, was completely fictional. Edward Douglas: “Here’s my special pass”
Dr. Eckener
Historical Figure Hugo Eckenerwas the internationally respected leader of the Zeppelin enterprise who, as depicted in the film, was known for his hostility to the Nazi regime. The movie-Eckener claims he is out of favor with the Nazi government because he refused to name the airship after the Führer, but in fact Hitler never wanted the ship named for himself; he thought zeppelins were dangerous and did not want his name associated with an aircraft which might crash or burn.
Captain Fellows
Based on Charles Rosendahl The character of Captain Fellows was based upon American naval officer Charles E. Rosendahl, the commanding officer of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station at the time of the Hindenburg disaster, who was still alive when the film was made in 1975. Captain Fellows: “Flash red, dammit, flash red.”
Walter Doehner was the middle child and oldest son to Hermann and Mathilde Doehner. He, his mother, and younger brother Werner survive the Hindenburg disaster, but his father and older sister Irene die in the disaster. He is a fictional portrayal of the real Walter Doehner.
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List of Hindenburg Survivors. As of August, 2009, the only survivors of the Hindenburg disaster who are still alive are passenger Werner Doehner (age 8 at the time of the crash) and cabin boy Werner Franz (age 14).
