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Orient Express
Orient Express
Directed by	Viktor Tourjansky
Written by	Peter Groll; Emil Burri; Viktor Tourjansky;
Produced by	Georg Witt; Fritz Hippler;
Starring	Siegfried Breuer; Gusti Wolf; Rudolf Prack;
Cinematography	Franz Koch
Music by	Lothar Brühne
Production; company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	1 December 1944;
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

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

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

^ Wiesenthal p. 28

Bibliography

Wiesenthal, Mauricio. The belle époque of the Orient-Express. Crescent Books, 1979.

External links

Orient Express at IMDb

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[1] Wiesenthal p. 28

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