Congo Express (film)
| Congo Express | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Eduard von Borsody |
| Produced by | Georg Witt |
| Written by |
Johanna Sibelius Eduard von Borsody Ernst von Salomon |
| Starring |
Marianne Hoppe Willy Birgel René Deltgen |
| Music by | Werner Bochmann |
| Cinematography | Igor Oberberg |
| Edited by | Lisbeth Neumann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 15 December 1939 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Congo Express (German: Kongo-Express) is a 1939 German adventure film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Marianne Hoppe, Willy Birgel. and René Deltgen .[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Koehn. Location filming took place on railway lines close to Celle.
Cast
- Marianne Hoppe as Renate Brinkmann
- Willy Birgel as Viktor Hartmann
- René Deltgen as Gaston Thibault
- Hermann Speelmans as Chagrin
- Max Gülstorff as Dr. MacPhearson
- Lotte Spira as Sister Mary
- Malte Jaeger as Pierre Dufour
- Heinz Engelmann as Raoul Burell
- Toni von Bukovics as Raoul's Mother
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow a André
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Mollison
- Leonie Duval as Mrs. Mollison
- Willi Schur as Matthieu
- Ernst Rotmund as Tsessebe station master
- Edwin Jürgensen as Prefect
- Fritz Hube as Mondome station master
- Walter Lieck as Prefect's secretaryMayor
- Lutz Götz as Distriktkommissar
- Albert Ihle as Mayor of Lukanga
- Erik Radolf as First farmer
- Manfred Meurer as Second farmer
- Hans Schneider as Third farmer
- Walter Schramm-Duncker as Fourth farmer
- Kurt Hagen as Fifth farmer
- Angelo Ferrari as Sixth farmer
- Louis Ralph as Seventh farmer
- Herbert Schimkat as Eighth farmer
- Rudolf Vones as Ninth farmer
- Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Tenth farmer
- Fritz Eckert as Kolonialoffizier
- Toni Tetzlaff as Aunt Estella
- Antonie Jaeckel as First Aunt
- Maria Krahn as Second Aunt
- Anneliese Würtz as Third Aunt
- Luise Morland as Sophie
References
- ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p.82
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael and Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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