D-Zug 13 Hat Verspaetung (1931)

Synopsis of D-Zug 13 Hat Verspaetung

The title of this German thriller translates as Pullman Train 13 Late. When a railroad attendant notices that the rails have been disabled, Pullman #13 is detained at a small, out-of-the-way train station. One of the passengers, a young bridegroom, snoops around the station out of boredom, discovering by accident that the rails had been deliberately tampered with. The culprit is a professional gunman, hired to assassinate the owner of an oil cartel. The hapless bridegroom manages to elude the villain, notify the police, and emerge as the hero of the day -- while his new bride remains in her pullman car, blissfully sleeping through the whole ordeal. Evidently, D-Zug 13 Hat Verspaetung was given a going over by the German censors before its release, which may explain why the assassination target is referred to as an oil man in some scenes, and as a European political ruler in others. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):

Alfred Zeisler

Writer(s):

Rudolph Katscher, Egon Eis

Producer(s):

Alfred Zeisler

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