Adventure on the Southern Express

Adventure on the Southern Express
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Ernst Marischka
Produced by	Robert Neppach
Starring	Charlotte Susa Karl Ludwig Diehl Ralph Arthur Roberts
Cinematography	Carl Drews
Edited by	Friedel Buckow
Music by	Robert Stolz
Production company	RN Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Europa Filmverleih Atlantis-Film (Austria)
Release date	14 March 1934 (1934-03-14)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Adventure on the Southern Express (German: Abenteuer im Südexpress) is a 1934 German thriller film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Charlotte Susa, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Ralph Arthur Roberts. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Northern Italy and Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Guelstorff.

Synopsis

While a train is travelling through the Italian Alps, the jewellery of a wealthy young widow is stolen. An ex-soldier working as a waiter on the train comes under suspicion of the crime.

Cast

• Charlotte Susa as Lisa von Hellwitz, eine junge Witwe
• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Hans Lenzfeld, Speisewagenkellner
• Ralph Arthur Roberts as Prinz Tarnoff
• Richard Romanowsky as Prof. Eberhard Degenfeld, Privatgelehrter
• Charly Berger
• Elli Blank
• Walter Dysing
• Angelo Ferrari
• Baby Gray as Singer
• Lotte Haas
• Trude Haefelin
• Paul Heidemann as Schnäbeli, Privatdetektiv
• Carola Höhn
• Fred Immler
• Walter Krilla
• Otto Kronburger as Diener des Prinzen
• Maria Loja
• Hans Richter as Max, Pikkolo im Speisewagen
• Annemarie Schwindt
• Hans Stiebner
• Michael von Newlinsky
• Wolfgang von Schwindt

Bibliography

• Caneppele, Paolo (2002). Entscheidungen der Tiroler Filmzensur: 1922–1938. Vienna: Film Archiv Austria. ISBN 978-3-901932-12-0.

External links

• Adventure on the Southern Express at IMDb