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Congo Express (German: Kongo-Express) is a 1939 German adventure film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Marianne Hoppe, Willy Birgel. and René Deltgen.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Koehn. Location shooting took place on railway lines close to Celle.
Cast
- Marianne Hoppe as Renate Brinkmann
- Willy Birgel as Viktor Hartmann
- René Deltgen as Gaston Thibault
- Hermann Speelmans as Chagrin
- Max Gülstorff as Dr. MacPhearson
- Lotte Spira as Sister Mary
- Malte Jaeger as Pierre Dufour
- Heinz Engelmann as Raoul Burell
- Toni von Bukovics as Raoul's Mother
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as André
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Mollison
- Leonie Duval as Mrs. Mollison
- Willi Schur as Matthieu
- Ernst Rotmund as Tsessebe station master
- Edwin Jürgensen as Prefect
- Fritz Hube as Mondome station master
- Walter Lieck as Prefect's secretaryMayor
- Lutz Götz as Distriktkommissar
- Albert Ihle as Mayor of Lukanga
- Erik Radolf as First farmer
- Manfred Meurer as Second farmer
- Hans Schneider as Third farmer
- Walter Schramm-Dunker as Fourth farmer
- Kurt Hagen as Fifth farmer
- Angelo Ferrari as Sixth farmer
- Louis Ralph as Seventh farmer
- Herbert Schimkat as Eighth farmer
- Rudolf Vones as Ninth farmer
- Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Tenth farmer
- Fritz Eckert as Kolonialoffizier
- Toni Tetzlaff as Aunt Estella
- Antonie Jaeckel as First Aunt
- Maria Krahn as Second Aunt
- Anneliese Würtz as Third Aunt
- Luise Morland as Sophie
References
- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 82. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. Translated by Kimber, Robert; Kimber, Rita. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0520220692.
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