20 Fantastic Blimps, Balloons, And Dirigibles In Movies
13. Zeppelin (1971)
Sometimes, a movie knows to name itself after its most interesting element: Hobo with a Shotgun, Snakes on a Plane. Add Zeppelin to that list. The film features Michael York as a British Army lieutenant gone undercover into Germany during World War II.
His assignment: steal the plans for a secret new zeppelin that the Nazis are developing. He infiltrates the group, only to discover that he is a key component of a Nazi plan to use the zeppelin for a secret mission. What is it? Why, to steal the Magna Carta from a castle in Scotland, obviously! The film is light thriller fun, and the sequence where the zeppelin is revealed in the hangar is still awe inspiring.