The Nuremberg Express
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1953Production year
1953Premiere
26 March 1954Runtime
61 minDirector
Vladimír ČechCategory
filmGenre
adventure, spyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Expres z NorimberkaCzech title
Expres z NorimberkaEnglish title
The Nuremberg ExpressSynopsis
The express train arrives at Cheb from Nuremberg. The custom officers fail to see a cigarette packet taped underneath one of the seats in a compartment. The box contains a scheme for the destruction of a Czech dam. After the custom control in Cheb, the agents Radimský and Řehoř, teacher Věra and other passengers get on the train. In the meantime, in Prague, another agent - Nowak - tries to blackmail the taxi-driver Dvořák to assist him in passing over the plan. Věra dropped a mirror and saw the box in the reflection. In her excitement, she wanted to share what she saw with the kind fellow-passenger Klíma, but he refused to join her to go to the dining car. Unfortunately, she spoke to Řehoř whom she met in the corridor instead. To prevent her from telling what she saw to the train crew, he draws a dagger on her. The waiter who happened to be passing by saves Věra's life. Řehoř pulls the security brake and escapes from the train. The investigation shows that Klíma is a member of the Secrete Police and that he knows everything about the packet. In Prague, Dvořák disclosed everything to the Secrete Police and a trap can be prepared. In the dramatic fight on the bank of the Vltava, Radimský and Řehoř are caught. Nowak is killed in the explosion of a shell which he wanted to use against the Secrete Police agents.
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Cast
Ludmila Vendlová
učitelka Věra Mikulová
Bohuš Záhorský
agent Radimský
Josef Bek
příslušník StB František Klíma
Jaroslav Marvan
zlepšovatel František Čapek
Zdeňka Baldová
cestující Marie Vaňková
František Filipovský
kouzelník Mrkvička alias Bondini
Svatopluk Beneš
agent Řehoř
Miroslav Homola
agent Nowak
Ladislav Boháč
taxikář Dvořák
Jaroslav Vojta
strojvůdce
Rudolf Deyl ml.
topič
Ladislav Chudík
příslušník StB Jiří Mareš
Oldřich Lukeš
řidič sanitky
Oldřich Vykypěl
agent z Norimberka
Antonín Holzinger
vlakvedoucí
Zdeněk Dítě
číšník Veselý
Gustav Nezval
plukovník StB Prokop
Miloš Vavruška
příslušník StB Martin Borovanský
Jiří Bruder
příslušník StB Barták
Petr Skála
příslušník StB Havlík
Ota Varský
příslušník StB Veleminský
Ladislav Ryšlink
příslušník StB
Josef Maršálek
příslušník StB
Vladimír Bičík
praporčík Černý, telegrafista
Jiřina Bílá
průvodčí
Josef Pehr
Láďa, Čapkův syn
Jaroslav Tumlíř
hradlař
Jaromír Pleskot
příslušník StB Zachar
Ferdinand Krůta
průvodčí
Václav Špidla
Jano, Marešův přítel
Ema Skálová
trafikantka
Milan Jedlička
praporčík Kouba
Emil Bolek
průvodce na Karlově mostě
Karel Hovorka
Dvořákův kolega
Karel Richter
mladík na ulici
Milada Smolíková
žena se džbánem
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
žena na chebském nádraží
Jan Čech
J. Řepík
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Vladimír Zelenka, Zdena Pavlátová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Kamil Pixa, Karel Honke
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac), Jan Kaláb
Songs
Písnička na rozloučenou
Song Composer Dalibor C. Vačkář
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Seifert
Singer dětský sbor
Production info
Original Title
Expres z Norimberka
Czech Title
Expres z Norimberka
English Title
The Nuremberg Express
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
adventure, spy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1953
Production Year
1953
Production specifications
start of filming 30 March 1953
the first film copy approved 9 December 1953
projection approval 25 March 1954
withdrawal from distribution 30 September 1973
Premiere
premiere 26 March 1954 /suitable for youths/ (kina Sevastopol /3 týdny/, Blaník /2 týdny/, Armádní /2 týdny/, Kyjev /1 týden od 2. 4./ a Dukla /1 týden od 9. 4./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Vladimíra Bora (vývoj scénáře), Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
61 min
Original length in metres
1 736 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
