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Directed by | Robert A. Stemmle |
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Cinematography | Karl Puth |
Edited by | Roger von Norman |
Music by | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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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 and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot on location around Berlin. It premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo.
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.