Character Exposition and the plane of the Red Baron Daniel Strohmeyer William Penn University Time of the Scene: 0:25:19-0:28:57 The Red Baron (also known by its original German title “Der rote Baron”) is a 2008 German-British biographical action war film about the World War I German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, nicknamed “the "Red Baron", which was given him due to the color of his airplane. Baron Manfred von Richthofen is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I, at only the age of 24. To him and his companions, which he leads in a fighter squadron, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love …show more content…
It also shows how many decisions in war are made for propaganda, as Richthofen’s brother was brought in for that matter. The scene takes place after a conversation the Baron had with his love Kate, in which she shows her disapproval for what he does as a soldier. Due to this fact, the music in the scene is gentle and sad and Richthofen is in a bad mood, which can be easily seen as he shouts as his painters, who have not finished the job yet. His friend lieutenant Friedrich Sternberg recognizes that and stops Richthofen as he wants to leave the hangar. In a dialogue with alternating camera angles in a close up we can clearly see the emotion of the two arguing about Richthofen’s plan to paint the planes in red, what would make them easier to spot. But the Baron has other plans as he states: “I don’t want them to be surprised. I want them to be scared”. This is an example for Richthofen’s character, who is very impulsive and has his own set of beliefs. As we learn later in the scene by general Hoeppner who acknowledges that the coloring planes red is against army regulations. Still, he does not accept questioning of his own