Nachtkolonne (1932)
The film begins in a Berlin club with Trude Berliner singing as gangsters plan a burglary at a Hamburg hotel. At the hotel, Orbeliani leads the band while his wife Olga sings their son Jascha to sleep. During the heist, Jascha wakes, screams, and is knocked down. The gangsters flee to Berlin with stolen jewels and the unconscious Jascha. Homolka, one of the gangsters, refuses to abandon the boy, nurses him back to health, and pretends to be his uncle, claiming his parents are on an American tour. Homolka develops motherly feelings, facing ridicule from his friends and Trude Berliner.
- Date of release
- 1932-01-21
- TMDB
- 9.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James Bauer
Casting
- Vladimir Gajdarov — Mario Orbeliani
- Olga Tschechowa — Inka Maria
- Oskar Homolka — André Carno
- Käthe Haack — Frau Marquardt
- Trude Berliner — Spielklarissa
Interesting facts
Night Convoy is a 1932 German drama film directed by James Bauer and starring Vladimir Gajdarov, Olga Chekhova and Oskar Homolka. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips. It premiered on 21 January 1932.
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