''Adventure on the Night Express'' (german: Abenteuer im Nachtexpreß) is a 1925 German silent

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ...

and starring Piel,

Dary Holm Dary Holm (born Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer; 16 April 1897 – 29 August 1960) was a German actress. She married film star Harry Piel in 1927. Holm starred alongside Piel in several films, such as ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932).Grange p.389 Select ...

and

José Davert José Davert (1874–1934) was a French film actor.Goble p.143 Selected filmography * '' The House of Mystery'' (1923) * '' The Man Without Nerves'' (1924) * '' Adventure on the Night Express'' (1925) * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge ''The ...

.Grange p. 211 The film's sets were designed by the

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s Fritz Kraenke and

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

Cast

as Harry Piel *

as Baronesse Myra von Geldern *

as Charles Theewen *

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

as Gräfin Sonja Waranow *

Albert Paulig Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, '' A Trip on ...

as Detektiv Fix *

Georg John Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor. Early life Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany. Career John began his ...

as Theewens Diener Raoul *

Fritz Greiner Fritz Greiner (1879–1933) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Der Einäugige'' (1916) * ''Der Klub der Einäugigen'' (1917) - Nick Carter * ''Der schwarze Jack'' (1918) - Cowboy Schwarzer Jack * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918 ...

as Variété-Direktor

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* 1925 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Harry Piel German silent feature films 1920s thriller films German thriller films Rail transport films German black-and-white films Phoebus Film films Silent thriller films 1920s German films {{thriller-film-stub