Express 13
{{Short description|1931 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Express 13
| image = Express 13.jpg
| caption =
| director = Alfred Zeisler
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|Rudolph Cartier|Egon Eis}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Charlotte Susa|Heinz Könecke|Fee Malten}}
| music =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Werner Brandes|Bernhard Wentzel}}
| editing =
| studio = UFA
| distributor = UFA
| released = {{Film date|1931|5|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Express 13 ({{langx|de|D-Zug 13 hat Verspätung}}) is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Charlotte Susa, Heinz Könecke and Fee Malten.Paech & Paech p. 223 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.
Cast
- Charlotte Susa as Dorit
- Heinz Könecke as Herbert Schmitt
- Fee Malten as Ella, seine Frau
- Ludwig Andersen as Der feine Urban
- Alfred Beierle as Caspar
- Viktor Schwanneke as Terry
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | first1 = Anne | last1 = Paech | first2 = Joachim | last2 = Paech | title = Menschen im Kino: Film und Literatur erzählen | publisher = J.B. Metzler | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-3-476-01747-5 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0129856}}
{{Alfred Zeisler}}
Category:German thriller films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Alfred Zeisler
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Category:German-language thriller films
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