Prüfstand VII

For the German rocket launching-pad in Peenemünde, see Test Stand VII.

Prüfstand VII is a 2001 German docudrama film by Robert Bramkamp, about the V-2 rocket and the rocket research in the Peenemünde Army Research Center. The film deals with the history of ideas surrounding the rocket research and the conquest of space, with Bianca as the spirit of the rocket guiding the viewer around different aspects of rocket research. It is partly inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow and features dramatization of some selected scenes from the novel.

Prüfstand VII
Directed by	Robert Bramkamp
Written by	Robert Bramkamp
Based on	Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Produced by	Robert Bramkamp
Starring	Inga Busch Peter Lohmeyer Robert Forster
Cinematography	Robert Bramkamp
Edited by	Anja Neraal
Music by	Max Knoth
Production companies	Next Film VCC Perfect Pictures
Release date	27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) (Hof International Film Festival)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Hanjo Berressem as Dr. Spectro
• Inga Busch as Bianca
• Jeff Caster as Pointsman
• Robert Forster as Ferryman
• Matthias Fuchs as General Dornberger
• Stefan Heidenreich
• Helmut Höge as Journalist
• Friedrich Kittler as Ghost
• Peter Lohmeyer as Wernher von Braun
• Mario Mentrup as Minute Man
• Michael Röhrenbach