Berlin Express

Berlin Express
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Tourneur
Screenplay byHarold Medford
Story byCurt Siodmak
Produced byBert Granet
StarringMerle Oberon
Robert Ryan
Charles Korvin
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited bySherman Todd
Music byFrederick Hollander
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • May 7, 1948 (1948-05-07) (United States)[1]
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Berlin Express is a 1948 American drama film starring Robert Ryan, Merle Oberon and Paul Lukas and directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Thrown together by chance, a group of people search a city for a kidnapped peace activist. Set in Allied-occupied Germany, it was shot on location in post-World War II Frankfurt-am-Main (with exterior and interior shots of the IG Farben Building and its paternoster elevators) and Berlin.[2] During the opening credits, a full-screen notice reads, "Actual scenes in Frankfurt and Berlin were photographed by authorization of the United States Army of Occupation, the British Army of Occupation, and the Soviet Army of Occupation."

  1. ^ "Berlin Express". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 30, 2019. See under "Details".
  2. ^ Hasan, Mark R. (2010). "Berlin Express (1948) (review). KQEK.com. Retrieved December 30, 2019.