I Aim at the Stars (1960): Cast & Plot

I Aim at the Stars follows Wernher von Braun, Curd Jürgens as he grows from a curious boy who accidentally wrecks a neighbor’s greenhouse with a wayward rocket, prefiguring the double-edged power of his later work. The film traces his early days in the 1930s, when he becomes a driven engineer at the Space Rocket Society, captivated by the dream of space travel and testing a rocket engine in a controlled static setup. In the background, Captain Walter Dornberger talks with rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth about von Braun and suggests to rocketeer Anton Reger, Herbert Lom, that the army could provide the equipment and facilities needed for ambitious experiments and development. The story frames his moral tides as the shadow of war grows longer.