Trapped on a train of terror robert ryan leads a group of allied agents fighting an underground nazi group in postwar europe. Set in alliedoccupied germany, it was shot on location in postworld war ii frankfurtammain. Bernhardt paul lukas, is an influential peacemaker who. For nearly a year, supplies from american planes sustained the over 2 million people in west berlin. Berlin express level 4 intermediate by michael austen. Merle oberon biography childhood, life achievements.
Berlin express 1948 during world war ii, passengers of various nationalities travel by train from france to berlin. Merle oberon in berlin express 1948 berlin express 1948 jacques tourneur in berlin express 1948. Berlin express approved 1h 27min crime, drama, filmnoir 1 may 1948 usa a multinational group of train passengers become involved in a postworld war ii nazi assassination plot. Merle oberon was a ravishing and classy angloindian actress. The movie is quite idealistic five people from five different countries try to rescue a german peacemaker just after wwii. Thrown together by chance, a group of people search a city for a kidnapped peace activist. Berlin express is a spellbinding mix of action, suspense, and topical political intrigue, laced with idealism and a surprising degree of sophistication, a level a wit almost worthy of graham. Most interesting thing about this movie is that it seems they used actual footage of bombed out frankfurt and berlin as backdrops to the movie. Berlin express 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This biography profiles her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. Berlin express transplants a fairly standard filmnoir story to postwar europe. Berlin express 1948 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
With a documentary eye, this film etches a powerfully grim picture of life amidst. Indeed, the film could almost be considered director jacques tourneurs postwar equivalent to hitchcocks foreign correspondent 1940. Unlike the fox film, berlin express was fiction, a thriller of today in 1948, and it was able to engage in storytelling on a level that no factbased thriller would permit of its script. Berlin express 1948 a topnotch espionage thriller directed with a smooth noir eye by jacques tourneur, starring robert ryan as an american caught up in intrigue on a paristoberlin train.
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