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]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Böhm [de] and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot on location around Berlin.

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
as Ganove Hobby
as Gehrke
Oscar Sabo as Taxichauffeur
Werner Pledath as Kriminalkommissar König
as Geldvermittler
Charly Berger as 2. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
as Gretchen
as Chefin des Modesalons
as Freund von Max
as Geschäftsführer des Modesalons
Werner Finck
Adolf Fischer as 1. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
Walter Gross as Besitzer des Möbelgeschäftes
as U-Bahn-Schaffner
Knut Hartwig as 2. Kriminalkommissar
Hans Henninger as U-Bahner
as Kinokartenkäufer
as 1. Kriminalbeamter
as Kriminalbeamter im U-Bahn-Schacht
as 1. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
as 2. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
as Beamter im Meldeamt
Edith Meinhard as Fahrkartenverkäuferin
as 2. Kriminalbeamter
Arthur Reinhardt as Kellner im Restaurant
as Zimmervermieterin
Lotte Spira
Wolfgang Staudte as 3.U-Bahn-Schaffner bei der Generalversammlung
as Gast im Restaurant
as Gerdas Freundin im Modesalon
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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