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A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.
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- 1 nomination
Reinhold Schünzel
- Walther
- (as Reinhold Schunzel)
Taylor Allen
- Fräulein
- (uncredited)
Will Allister
- Richard
- (uncredited)
Frank Alten
- German Steward
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Robert Boon
- German Youth #2
- (uncredited)
Ernst Brengt
- Artist
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaAt the end of their bus ride through bombed-out Frankfurt, the main characters arrive at the massive I.G. Farben building. Completed in 1930, it was once the largest office building in Europe and home to the giant chemical business. From 1945 to 1952 it was the location of SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied European Forces). From 1952 to 1994 it was the headquarters of the U.S. Army's V Corps. In 1996 the building was acquired by the state of Hesse, and after a $25M renovation became the Westend Campus of the University of Frankfurt. The small, continuous elevators seen in the film, called paternoster lifts, are still in use.
- GoofsWhen Dr. Bernhardt is being shown smoking a cigarette in the reflection of a passing train, the image is the opposite of how it should appear in a reflection.
- Crazy creditsDuring the opening credits, a title card states that the photography of Berlin and Frankfurt is used with the cooperation of the occupying armies.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Pulp Cinema (2001)
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A good thriller
Set in a post WW-2 Germany, "Berlin Express" is a quite interesting thriller directed by Jacques Tourneur. The story is basically about a group of people each of whom representing Russian, French, American and British forces who are united in trying to solve an assassination attempt made by Nazi underground group on a Professor Bernhardt, one of the former liders of German Resistance to Nazis and now a chairman of a commission for post-war unification of Germany.
"Berlin Express" is particularly interesting for it's exteriors shot in 1947 on real locations with special permission from Allied forces, showing destroyed by bombings Frankfurt and Berlin. 7/10
"Berlin Express" is particularly interesting for it's exteriors shot in 1947 on real locations with special permission from Allied forces, showing destroyed by bombings Frankfurt and Berlin. 7/10
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- Apr 23, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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