Orient Express (1944 film)
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Directed by | Viktor Tourjansky |
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Cinematography | Franz Koch |
Music by | Lothar Brühne |
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Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Orient Express (German: Orient-Express) is a 1944 German thriller film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Siegfried Breuer, Gusti Wolf and Rudolf Prack.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.
Synopsis
[edit]As the Orient Express hurtles through the Balkans a loud scream is heard and the communication cord is pulled. When the guard investigates he discovers a dead man in one of the compartments. Police from the nearest town arrive to investigate. Yet it seems most of the passengers are suspicious.
Cast
[edit]- Siegfried Breuer as Baron Erich Hübner
- Gusti Wolf as Sonja Promshek
- Rudolf Prack as Franz Schulz
- Lisa Siebel as Frau Dr. Inge Geldern
- Paul Dahlke as Police Commisar Iwanowitsch
- Oskar Sima as Mischa Kowa, reporter
- Joseph Offenbach as Inspector Kosta Balaban
- Hilde Sessak as Vera Voneitz, aka Vera Pamalet
- Lotte Lang as Mizzi Treff
- Nicolas Koline as Der Schlafwagenschaffner
- Heini Handschumacher as Holzer, private detective
- Albert Lippert as Franko, lawyer
- Tibor Halmay as Jango
- Georg Vogelsang as Anton Brukenhauser
- Viktor Afritsch as Garwinsky
- Walther Jung as Die Excellenz
References
[edit]- ^ Wiesenthal p. 28
Bibliography
[edit]- Wiesenthal, Mauricio. The belle époque of the Orient-Express. Crescent Books, 1979.
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Categories:
- 1944 films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German thriller films
- 1940s thriller films
- 1940s German-language films
- Films directed by Victor Tourjansky
- German black-and-white films
- Films set on the Orient Express
- Bavaria Film films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- 1940s German films
- Films scored by Lothar Brühne
- 1940s German film stubs
- 1940s thriller film stubs