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Stop Train 349
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Wikipedia article
'Stop Train 349' (, , ), is a 1963 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Rolf Hdrich. It was released in the US in 1964 by Allied Artists. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. Screenwriter Will Tremper won the Film Award in Gold of the 1964 German Film Awards. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels.
Plot
An East Berlin refugee trying to escape to West Berlin sneaks aboard a train run by the US military and causes an international incident.
Cast
* Jos Ferrer as Cowan the Reporter
* Sean Flynn as Lt. Novak
* Nicole Courcel as Nurse Kathy
* Jess Hahn as Sgt. Torre
* Yossi Yadin as Maj. Menschikov (as Yoseph Yadin)
* Hans-Joachim Schmiedel as Banner
* Christiane Schmidtmer as Karin (as Christiane Schmidmer)
* Joy Aston as Mrs. Abramson
* Lothar Mann as East German Conductor
* Arthur Brauss as I.M.P. (as Art Brauss)
* Edward Meeks as Capt. Kolski
* Fred Dur as Maj. Finnegan
* Len Monroe as U.S. Soldier
* Wolfgang Georgi as Russian Officer Gorski
* Antonella Murgia as Teenager
Production
The film was originally known as 'Marienborn'. It was based on a true incident about an American train going to Berlin that was stopped in the Eastern sector and had a refugee removed.
References
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