''Express 13'' (german: D-Zug 13 hat Verspätung) is a 1931 German
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
Alfred Zeisler
Alfred Zeisler (September 26, 1892 – March 1, 1985) was an American-born German film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. He produced 29 films between 1927 and 1936. He also directed 16 films between 1924 and 1949.
Selected filmogr ...
and starring
Charlotte Susa
Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress.
Biography
Susa was born Charlotta Wegmüller near Memel, East Prussia and first appeared on a stage in 1915 at Tilsit. She chose her mother's maiden name "Susa" as her stage ...
,
Heinz Könecke
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and
Fee Malten
Fee Malten (1911–2005) was a German film actress, who later emigrated to the United States. Born in Berlin as Felicitas Mansch, Malten appeared as a leading lady in both silent and sound films of the late Weimar era. Due to her Jewish backgrou ...
.
[Paech & Paech p. 223] It was shot at
UFA
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's
Babelsberg Studios
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in
Berlin
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. The film's sets were designed by
Willi Herrmann
Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director.
Selected filmography
* '' Madness'' (1919)
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' Jettatore'' (1919)
* '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* '' The Mahar ...
and
Herbert Lippschitz
Herbert Lippschitz (1904–1972) was a German art director. He rose to prominence during the Weimar Republic in the early sound era. The Jewish Lippschitz was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. This la ...
.
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
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becomes mixed up with the attractive Dorit who wants to use him to help launch a second attempt to kill the president.
Cast
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Charlotte Susa
Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress.
Biography
Susa was born Charlotta Wegmüller near Memel, East Prussia and first appeared on a stage in 1915 at Tilsit. She chose her mother's maiden name "Susa" as her stage ...
as Dorit
*
Heinz Könecke
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as Herbert Schmitt
*
Fee Malten
Fee Malten (1911–2005) was a German film actress, who later emigrated to the United States. Born in Berlin as Felicitas Mansch, Malten appeared as a leading lady in both silent and sound films of the late Weimar era. Due to her Jewish backgrou ...
as Ella, seine Frau
*
Ludwig Andersen as Der feine Urban
*
Alfred Beierle
Alfred Beierle (4 June 1885 – 16 March 1950) was a German stage and film actor.Alpi p.346
Selected filmography
* '' The League of Three'' (1929)
* ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930)
* '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930)
* '' Oh Those Glori ...
as Caspar
*
Viktor Schwanneke as Terry
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1931 films
1930s thriller films
German thriller films
1931 drama films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German drama films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Alfred Zeisler
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
1930s German films
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