Friday, July 17, 2009

Berlin Express (1948)


RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Post WWII Germany is the setting for this partially successful Tourneur thriller. It tends to get bogged down in documentary-like narration, although the images of a war ravaged Frankfurt are historically interesting. The four main characters represent the victorious Allies in post-war Europe, a rather obvious symbolism, and stereotypes abound. Nonetheless, when the final act in a bombed-out brewery unwinds things do get interesting.


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