Express 13 Explained

Express 13
Director:Alfred Zeisler
Studio:UFA
Distributor:UFA
Runtime:73 minutes
Country:Germany
Language:German

Express 13 (German: '''D-Zug 13 hat Verspätung''') is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Charlotte Susa, Heinz Könecke and Fee Malten.[1] It was shot at UFA's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz.

Synopsis

Revolutionaries plot to assassinate a president by blowing up the rail tracks in order make his train derail but this is averted just in time. Herbert Schmitt, a passenger on a nearby express train becomes mixed up with the attractive Dorit who wants to use him to help launch a second attempt to kill the president.

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Notes and References

  1. Paech & Paech p. 223