Polonia-Express
Railway employee Fritz Marr is not regarded well by his superiors. It is the year 1920, and trains regularly pass the railway hub of Erfurt to the East to secretly transport weapons for the fight against the young Soviet Union. Marr knows about this and wants to mobilise other workers to stop these illegal deliveries. To muzzle him, Marr is relocated to a remote rail work construction site. Even when a railway wagon loaded with ammunition explodes near Erfurt, authorities still try to cover-up the incident and make the public believe that it was an accident with chemicals. Marr, who knows the truth, is accused of lying by the direction of the Reichsbahn. Even his girlfriend Hella believes that Fritz is paranoid. But then the railway employee is nearly assassinated: Hella, who just in time learned the truth about the weapons delivery, is able to prevent the murder attempt with the help of some of her worker friends. Together, they march towards the train station to stop the next weapons transport. Eventually, even the French soldiers standing guard take the side of the Erfurt workers.
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Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Hella Merkel
- Fritz Marr
- Wilhelm Merkel
- Direktor Ralow
- Althoff
- Schwerte
- Riemer
- Lehnert
- Älterer Arbeiter
- Von Ulmer
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Scenario
Script editor
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Still photography
Production design
Prop master
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound
Music
Cast
- Hella Merkel
- Fritz Marr
- Wilhelm Merkel
- Direktor Ralow
- Althoff
- Schwerte
- Riemer
- Lehnert
- Älterer Arbeiter
- Von Ulmer
- Baßtreter
- Französischer Offizier
- Gutsinspektor
- Spießbürger
- Ernst Kölling
- Leutnant
- 1. Arbeiter
- 2. Arbeiter
- 3. Arbeiter
- Französischer Soldat
- Frau Riemer
- Ralows Sekretärin
- Eisenbahner
- Beobachter
- Französischer Sergeant
- Arbeiter von RAW
- Polizeihauptmann
- Arzt bei Riemer
- Zeitungsverkäufer
- Lastwagenfahrer
- Polizist
- Sanitäter
- Arzt
- Kommis
- Junger blonder Arbeiter
- Fahrdienstleiter
- Hotelportier
- Wachtmeister
- Schreiber
- Eisenbahner im Stellwerk
- Arbeiter im RAW
- Eisenbahner im RAW
- Sekretärin von Lehnert
- Arbeiter an Gleisbaustelle
- Hotelboy
- Eisenbahner
- Streifenpolizist
- Aufsichtsbeamter
- Tänzerin
- 1. Arbeiter
- 2. Arbeiter
- 1. französische Soldat
- 2. französische Soldat
- 3. französische Soldat
- 4. französische Soldat
Production company
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Uraufführung (DD): 07.11.1957, Erfurt, Palast-Theater;
Uraufführung (DD): 07.11.1957, Berlin, Colosseum
Titles
- Originaltitel (DD) Polonia-Express
- Arbeitstitel Roter Funken
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (DD): 07.11.1957, Erfurt, Palast-Theater;
Uraufführung (DD): 07.11.1957, Berlin, Colosseum