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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Airship' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Airship' right now, here are some details about the DEFA drama flick.

Released , 'The Airship' stars Jörg Gudzuhn, Hermann Beyer, Kurt Böwe, Gudrun Ritter The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a user score of 10 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1 well-known users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Franz Xavier Stannebein, a young boy at the turn of the 20th century, wants to do nothing more than fly. He carries this dream through his years at an orphanage and into adulthood as a merchant in Spain. He eventually invests everything he has into building his own version of an airship. He later meets some industrialists in Germany who want to support his idea, and they ask him to build an airfield in Spain. When he sees the Nazis use the field during the Spanish Civil War, however, he feels betrayed and goes to Germany to protest. There he is thrown into an insane asylum in Leipzig. After WWII, his grandson and other survivors of the family searches for him, only to find the empty asylum... Based on the novel Das Luft-Schiff. Biografische Nachlasse zu den Fantasien meines Grossvaters (1974) by Fritz Rudolf Fries. The non-camera animation in the film was created by internationally known director Lutz Dammbeck."

'The Airship' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Kanopy .