Movie Details
| Title: | Berlin Express | |
| Director: | Jacques Tourneur | |
| Year: | 1948 | |
| Genre: | Noir | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 06.21.26 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (1)
- The Leopard Man
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 06.21.26 | Internet | A postwar noir by the guy who directed Out of the Past and Cat People, brought to my attention via the Criterion Channel and the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast. This stars Robert Ryan, Merle Oberon, and a train car full of characters who find themselves in the midst of a plot to assassinate a "good German" with plans of a unified postwar Germany focused on peace rather than war. The plot has a few surprises and bumps along without too much faff but a real showcase in the film is a bunch of footage of postwar Frankfurt and Berlin. The wreckage and everything. It strikes me that this movie coming out when it did must've struck pretty close for some who just returned from Europe. The only other film that comes to mind is Soderbergh's Good German which... I liked but didn't love? I feel the same way about this. It's been a while since I've seen a movie of this era so my attention span was tested here and there, especially with this kind of omniscient voice-over narration that goes on a bit too long for my taste. They probably stretched it to show the sensational footage but it feels like a break from the narrative. Still, I found it worth watching. |
