Merle oberon in berlin express 1948 berlin express 1948 jacques tourneur in berlin express 1948. With a documentary eye, this film etches a powerfully grim picture of life amidst. Berlin express the 1948 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Berlin express most striking feature of this production is its extraordinary background of warravaged germany. At the time of this production, berlin was divided into three separate sectors, which were controlled by the english, russian and american armed forces. Berlin express transplants a fairly standard filmnoir story to postwar europe. Trapped on a train of terror robert ryan leads a group of allied agents fighting an underground nazi group in postwar europe. 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. News items also note that the pictures crew was the first to receive permission to film in berlin s russian zone. Berlin express 1948 during world war ii, passengers of various nationalities travel by train from france to berlin. 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. 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.
Thrown together by chance, a group of people search a city for a kidnapped peace activist. Merle oberon biography childhood, life achievements. See the full list of berlin express cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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. This biography profiles her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline. The movie is quite idealistic five people from five different countries try to rescue a german peacemaker just after wwii. Completed in 1930, it was once the largest office building in europe and home to the giant chemical business.
From 1945 to 1952 it was the location of shaef supreme headquarters, allied european forces. Indeed, the film could almost be considered director jacques tourneurs postwar equivalent to hitchcocks foreign correspondent 1940. Set in alliedoccupied germany, it was shot on location in postworld war ii frankfurtammain. For nearly a year, supplies from american planes sustained the over 2 million people in west berlin. Berlin express 1948 merle oberon in berlin express 1948 paul lukas and merle oberon in berlin. Berlin express level 4 intermediate by michael austen. Berlin express 1948 an almost documentary as its narrated by an uncredited voice style thriller set in post world war ii germany with a terrific cast directed by jacques tourneur. Merle oberon was a ravishing and classy angloindian actress. Berlin express 1948 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Berlin express 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bernhardt paul lukas, is an influential peacemaker who. 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. Merle oberton, robert ryan, charles korvin and paul lukas. Berlin express is a 1948 american drama film directed by jacques tourneur and starring robert ryan, merle oberon and paul lukas.
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