The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun literally pioneered man's adventure into space through his rocket experiments; his was the brain behind the V-2 rockets which blasted London in World War II; his was also the brain which led America into the development and the launching of space satellites.

Cast

Curd Jürgens

Wernher von Braun

Herbert Lom

Anton Reger

Victoria Shaw

Maria von Braun

James Daly

U.S. Major William Taggert

Gia Scala

Elisabeth Beyer

Adrian Hoven

Mischke