Stop Train 349

Stop Train 349 (1963)

Verspätung in Marienborn

Cold War drama about an East German man trying to escape to the West via a U.S. military train passing through the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany.

Date of release
1963-06-26
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Rolf Hädrich

Casting

Interesting facts

Stop Train 349, is a 1963 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Rolf Hädrich. 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.

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.

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