The Nuremberg Express

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1953

Production year

1953

Premiere

26 March 1954

Runtime

61 min

Category

film

Genre

adventure, spy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Expres z Norimberka

Czech title

Expres z Norimberka

English title

The Nuremberg Express

Synopsis

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.

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

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

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

Second Unit Director

Jindřich Polák

Assistant Director

Vladimír Zelenka, Zdena Pavlátová

Screenplay

Vladimír Čech

Director of Photography

Josef Střecha

Camera Operator

Jiří Tarantík

Set Designer

František Straka

Make-Up Artist

Vladimír Černý

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Production Manager

Rudolf Stahl

Unit Production Manager

František Novák

Consultant

Kamil Pixa, Karel Honke

Music

Music Composed by

Dalibor C. Vačkář

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)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

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