Berlin Express
1948 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 6.2 · 75% critics
On a train through postwar Germany, an international group of passengers gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy targeting a prominent voice for peace. Their search unfolds across shattered cities, where mistrust, urgency, and uneasy cooperation shape a tense mystery.
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Details
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-05-01
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (65 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy old-school wartime intrigue, suspicious fellow travelers, and real postwar settings with a noir edge similar to The Glass Key; Not for you if you want a crystal-clear plot or nonstop action.
Pros: tense international mystery; vivid postwar ruins; strong atmosphere | Cons: muddled script; uneven suspense; heavy-handed narration
Themes
- berlin, germany
- film noir
Cast & crew
Merle Oberon
as Lucienne
Robert Ryan
as Robert Lindley
Charles Korvin
as Perrot
Paul Lukas
as Dr. Bernhardt
Robert Coote
as Sterling
Reinhold Schünzel
as Walther
Roman Toporow
as Maxim Kiroshilov
Peter von Zerneck
as Hans Schmidt
Otto Waldis
as Kessler
Fritz Kortner
as Franzen
Directed by Jacques Tourneur