// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Express 13 say to Express 12? You're one train behind.

Express 13
Directed by	Alfred Zeisler
Written by	Rudolph Cartier Egon Eis
Starring	Charlotte Susa Heinz Könecke Fee Malten
Cinematography	Werner Brandes Bernhard Wentzel
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	14 May 1931 (1931-05-14)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Express 13 (German: D-Zug 13 hat Verspätung) is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Charlotte Susa, Heinz Könecke and Fee Malten. It was shot at UFA's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz.

Synopsis

Revolutionaries plot to assassinate a president by blowing up the rail tracks in order make his train derail but this is averted just in time. Herbert Schmitt, a passenger on a nearby express train becomes mixed up with the attractive Dorit who wants to use him to help launch a second attempt to kill the president.

Cast

• Charlotte Susa as Dorit
• Heinz Könecke as Herbert Schmitt
• Fee Malten as Ella, seine Frau
• Ludwig Andersen as Der feine Urban
• Alfred Beierle as Caspar
• Viktor Schwanneke as Terry

Bibliography

• Paech, Anne; Paech, Joachim (2000). Menschen im Kino: Film und Literatur erzählen. J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-01747-5.

External links

• Express 13 at IMDb