Dangerous Crossing (1937 film)
Dangerous Crossing or Rail Triangle (German: Gleisdreieck) is a 1937 German crime film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller, and Paul Hoffmann.[1] It is set amongst railway workers and takes its name from Gleisdreieck on the Berlin U-Bahn.[2]
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| Directed by | Robert A. Stemmle |
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| Music by | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
| Cinematography | Karl Puth |
| Edited by | Roger von Norman |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot on location around Berlin.
Synopsis
A young railway worker rescues a woman from committing suicide and swiftly falls in love with her. However before long he is drawn into the criminal schemes of her brother, recently released from prison.
Cast
- Gustav Fröhlich as Hans Scheffler, U-Bahn-Beamter
- Heli Finkenzeller as Gerda Volkmann
- Paul Hoffmann as Max, ihr Bruder
- Otto Wernicke as Scheffler, Aufsichtsbeamter
- Toni von Bukovics as Frau Scheffler
- Fritz Genschow as Fritz Buchholz, U-Bahn-Beamter
- Hilde Sessak as Lotte Krüger, Zigarettenverkäuferin
- Albert Hörrmann as Ganove Hobby
- Eduard Wenck as Gehrke
- Oscar Sabo as Taxichauffeur
- Werner Pledath as Kriminalkommissar König
- Ludwig Andersen as Geldvermittler
- Charly Berger as 2. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
- Helga Böttger as Gretchen
- Ellinor Büller as Chefin des Modesalons
- Harry Elnain as Freund von Max
- Rudolf Essek as Geschäftsführer des Modesalons
- Werner Finck
- Adolf Fischer as 1. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
- Walter Gross as Besitzer des Möbelgeschäftes
- Erich Gühne as U-Bahn-Schaffner
- Knut Hartwig as 2. Kriminalkommissar
- Hans Henninger as U-Bahner
- Alfred Karen as Kinokartenkäufer
- Erich Kasch as 1. Kriminalbeamter
- Kurt Keller-Nebri as Kriminalbeamter im U-Bahn-Schacht
- Fritz Klaudius as 1. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
- Arthur Kühn as 2. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
- Walter Lieck as Beamter im Meldeamt
- Edith Meinhard as Fahrkartenverkäuferin
- Rio Nobile as 2. Kriminalbeamter
- Arthur Reinhardt as Kellner im Restaurant
- Marie Sera as Zimmervermieterin
- Lotte Spira
- Wolfgang Staudte as 3.U-Bahn-Schaffner bei der Generalversammlung
- Alfred Stein as Gast im Restaurant
- Olly van Dyck as Gerdas Freundin im Modesalon
- Betty Waid as Fahrgast in der U-Bahn
- Alfred Walter as 3. Kriminalbeamter
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 461
- Heins p. 20
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Heins, Laura (2013). Nazi Film Melodrama. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09502-3.
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