I only know the German title "Die tollkühnen männer in Ihren fliegenden
Kisten"

I think you'r conflating two films. That would be Those Wonderful Men
in Their Flying Machines, second-rate at best.

The Robert Redford film would be The Great Waldo Pepper. Not bad!

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