Dangerous Crossing (1937 film)

Dangerous Crossing
Dangerous Crossing
Directed by	Robert A. Stemmle
Written by	Rolf E. Vanloo (novel); Robert A. Stemmle;
Produced by	Hans Herbert Ulrich; Robert Wüllner;
Starring	Gustav Fröhlich; Heli Finkenzeller; Paul Hoffmann;
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Roger von Norman
Music by	Hans-Otto Borgmann
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	27 January 1937;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Dangerous Crossing or Rail Triangle (German: Gleisdreieck) is a 1937 German crime film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller, and Paul Hoffmann.^[1] It is set amongst railway workers and takes its name from Gleisdreieck on the Berlin U-Bahn.^[2] It was partly shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Böhm [de] and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot on location around Berlin. It premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo.

Synopsis

A young railway worker rescues a woman from committing suicide and swiftly falls in love with her. However, before long he is drawn into the criminal schemes of her brother, recently released from prison.

Cast

Gustav Fröhlich as Hans Scheffler, U-Bahn-Beamter
Heli Finkenzeller as Gerda Volkmann
Paul Hoffmann as Max, ihr Bruder
Otto Wernicke as Scheffler, Aufsichtsbeamter
Toni von Bukovics as Frau Scheffler
Fritz Genschow as Fritz Buchholz, U-Bahn-Beamter
Hilde Sessak as Lotte Krüger, Zigarettenverkäuferin
Albert Hörrmann as Ganove Hobby
Eduard Wenck as Gehrke
Oscar Sabo as Taxichauffeur
Werner Pledath as Kriminalkommissar König
Ludwig Andersen as Geldvermittler
Charly Berger as 2. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
Helga Böttger as Gretchen
Ellinor Büller as Chefin des Modesalons
Harry Elnain as Freund von Max
Rudolf Essek as Geschäftsführer des Modesalons
Werner Finck
Adolf Fischer as 1. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
Walter Gross as Besitzer des Möbelgeschäftes
Erich Gühne as U-Bahn-Schaffner
Knut Hartwig as 2. Kriminalkommissar
Hans Henninger as U-Bahner
Alfred Karen as Kinokartenkäufer
Erich Kasch as 1. Kriminalbeamter
Kurt Keller-Nebri as Kriminalbeamter im U-Bahn-Schacht
Fritz Klaudius as 1. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
Arthur Kühn as 2. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
Walter Lieck as Beamter im Meldeamt
Edith Meinhard as Fahrkartenverkäuferin
Rio Nobile as 2. Kriminalbeamter
Arthur Reinhardt as Kellner im Restaurant
Marie Sera as Zimmervermieterin
Lotte Spira
Wolfgang Staudte as 3.U-Bahn-Schaffner bei der Generalversammlung
Alfred Stein as Gast im Restaurant
Olly van Dyck as Gerdas Freundin im Modesalon
Betty Waid as Fahrgast in der U-Bahn
Alfred Walter as 3. Kriminalbeamter

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 461
^ Heins p. 20

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
Heins, Laura (2013). Nazi Film Melodrama. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09502-3.

External links

Dangerous Crossing at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 461

[2] Heins p. 20

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