Rent Berlin Express (1948)
3.5 of 5 from 63 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
Germany, a group of international passengers become entwined with a Nazi plot to assassinate the German peace campaigner Dr Bernhardt (Paul Lukas). As the express train leaves from Paris to occupied Berlin the German, French, American, British and Russian passengers, are not all what they seem. A political assassination n route threatens the planned peace conference, and when Dr Bernhardt is kidnapped, the beautiful Frenchwoman Lucienne (Merle Oberon) recruits the American Robert Lindley (Robert Ryan) and three other passengers to help find the missing doctor. As time runs out, the five must comb the shadowy ruins of bombed-out Frankfurt, with only a few clues to uncover the loyalist Nazi spy ring. - Actors:
- Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas, Robert Coote, Reinhold Schünzel, Roman Toporow, Peter von Zerneck, Otto Waldis, Fritz Kortner, Michael Harvey, Tom Keene, Taylor Allen, Will Allister, Frank Alten, Robert Boon, Ernst Brengt, Bruce Cameron, David Clarke, James Craven
- Directors:
- Jacques Tourneur
- Narrated By:
- Paul Stewart
- Writers:
- Harold Medford, Curt Siodmak
- Studio:
- Odeon
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top 10 Films About Trains: Thrillers, Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1948, Top Films
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Berlin Express - Berlin Express review by LJ
Set in the aftermath of WWII (a popular topic for 1948), a group of different nationalities must put aside their differences to help someone. That's a promising plot and this drama starts off well. However the script loses interest in the premise and focuses instead on a romance between two of the characters which undermines the theme, particularly as it doesn't feel at all organic.
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