Prüfstand VII is a 2002 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. Cast Hanjo Berressem Inga Busch as Bianca Jeff Caster as Pointsman Robert Forster as Fährmann Matthias Fuchs Stefan Heidenreich Helmut Höge Peter Lohmeyer Mario Mentrup Michael Röhrenbach References External links Official website 2000s German-language films 2000s German films 2000s war drama films German docudrama films German war drama films German World War II films Thomas Pynchon