Berlin Express (1948)

Directed by

Jacques Tourneur

Genre

film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of strangers in post-World War II Frankfurt must work together after a German peace activist is kidnapped. They search the rubble of the city and face dangers from those who want to stop them.

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What happens

Berlin Express is a 1948 American drama film starring Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, and Paul Lukas, and directed by Jacques Tourneur. Thrown together by chance, a group of people search post-World War II Frankfurt for a kidnapped German peace activist. Set in Allied-occupied Germany, it was shot on location in Frankfurt (with exterior and interior shots of the IG Farben Building and its paternoster elevators) and Berlin. One of a small handful of American-made Trümmerfilms (rubble films), it features a full-screen notice during the opening credits reading: "Actual scenes in Frankfurt and Berlin were photographed by authorization of the United States Army of Occupation, the British Army of Occupation, and the Soviet Army of Occupation." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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