''Stop Train 349'' (german: Verspätung in Marienborn, french: Le train de Berlin est arrêté, it, Un treno è fermo a Berlino), is a 1963 internationally co-produced

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directed by

Rolf Hädrich Rolf Hädrich (24 April 1931 – 29 October 2000) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1958 and 1989. His film ''Verspätung in Marienborn'' (US title: ''Stop Train 349'') was entered into the 13th Berlin ...

. It was released in the US in 1964 by Allied Artists. It was entered into the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...

. Screenwriter

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won the Film Award in Gold of the 1964

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Plot

An East Berlin refugee trying to escape to West Berlin sneaks aboard a train run by the US military and causes an international incident.

Cast

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as Cowan the Reporter * Sean Flynn as Lt. Novak *

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as Nurse Kathy *

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as Sgt. Torre *

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as Maj. Menschikov (as Yoseph Yadin) * Hans-Joachim Schmiedel as Banner *

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as Karin (as Christiane Schmidmer) *

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as Mrs. Abramson *

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as East German Conductor *

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as I.M.P. (as Art Brauss) *

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as Capt. Kolski *

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as Maj. Finnegan *

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as U.S. Soldier *

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as Russian Officer Gorski *

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as Teenager

Production

The film was originally known as ''Marienborn''. It was based on a true incident about an American train going to Berlin that was stopped in the Eastern sector and had a refugee removed.

References

External links

* (credits of the US version of the film, not the original version)
filmportal.de entry
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