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Berlin Express Overview:

Berlin Express (1948) was a Film Noir - Drama Film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Bert Granet.

SYNOPSIS

En route to an important conference on the future of post-WWII Germany, Dr. Bernhardt, a German diplomat, is kidnapped by die-hard Nazi operatives. A multinational team of intelligence officers cooperates to locate the missing man in Frankfurt's underworld and bombed-out buildings.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

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Berlin Express (1948)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 19, 2024 From 4 Star Films

Added to the landscape of The Third Man, Germany Year Zero, and A Foreign Affair, Berlin Express is a fascinating portrait in the rubble-film genre. These are the pictures on the cutting edge of filmic history, shooting on-location in the post-war world that was still licking its wounds and putting ... Read full article

The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Berlin Express (1948)

By Duke Mantee on May 13, 2013 From Spoilers

The Lady Vanishes and Berlin Express were made ten years apart, but both feature trains speeding across Europe. Not an uncommon device, a lot of films use it: James Bond or Murder on the Orient Express, for instance. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes was made in 1938 in England and set preceden... Read full article

Berlin Express (1948, Jacques Tourneur)

on Nov 14, 2011 From The Stop Button

Berlin Express is a postwar thriller. In the late forties and early fifties, there were a number of such films—most filmed either partially or totally on location in the ruins of Germany. I was expecting Express to be more of a noir, but it’s not. With its pseudo-documentary approach, down to th... Read full article

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Berlin Express Facts
Merle Oberon was married to the cinematographer of the film, Oklahoma-born Lucien Ballard, at the time "Berlin Express" was made.
The first Hollywood production in Germany after World War II.
Reinhold Schünzel, who plays Professor Walther in the film, was the director of the original 1933 German stage comedy Viktor und Viktoria, which Blake Edwards later adapted as Victor/Victoria, a vehicle for his wife Julie Andrews. Reinhold also appeared in the original Georg Wilhelm Pabst film of L'opéra de quat'sous with 'Lotte Lenya'.
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