The Last Drop (2005)
TV Movie (2005)
Also known as:
Opération Matchbox
The Last Mission – Das Himmelfahrtskommando
Starring:
Laurence Fox (SS Major Klaus Kessler)
Louis Dempsey (Snyder)
Lucy Gaskell (Benitta)
David Ginola (Cpl Dieter Max)
During Operation Market Garden, a special commando in a Horsa is diverted from the main objective to retrieve a horde of Dutch gold and art treasures. In the idst of the german counter-offensive and struggling with some german renegates, the mission couldn't be easy !
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I
CGI view of the cockpit.
Short S.29 Stirling
A Stirling taking off, towing a Horsa.
Avro Lancaster
A Lancaster towing a Horsa.
Unidentified Aircraft
Douglas C-47
Computer generated images.
Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A
Computer generated images.
Antonov An-2
Acting as a Junkers Ju-52/3m on floats. The shape is used through a CGI (or green background capture) for all flying scenes. Nearly no hydroplaning is shown.
Some shots are live action and help to realise the heavy redesign : upper wing removed (half the bracing is kept), two (fake) engines added on the wing, the unrealistic floats positioned well back .
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