Express 13

StarringCinematographyDistributed byUFA73 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Express 13 (German: D-Zug 13 hat Verspätung) is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Charlotte Susa, Heinz Könecke and Fee Malten.^[1] 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

Bibliography

• Paech, Anne; Paech, Joachim (2000). Menschen im Kino: Film und Literatur erzählen. J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-01747-5.

External links

• Express 13 at IMDb