The Blue Express
1929 film
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The Blue Express or China Express (Russian: Голубой экспресс, romanized: Goluboy ekspress) is a 1929 Soviet silent drama film directed by Ilya Trauberg.[1]
Ilya Trauberg
Sergei Tretyakov
Georges C. Stilly
| The Blue Express | |
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| Directed by | Ilya Trauberg |
| Written by | Leonid Iyerikhonov Ilya Trauberg Sergei Tretyakov |
| Cinematography | Boris Khrennikov Georges C. Stilly |
| Music by | Edmund Meisel |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Silent Russian intertitles |
Plot
The events of the film take place in China in the late 1920s. At the Nanjing train station, a train called the "Blue Express" is about to depart for Suzhou, with passengers from various social classes onboard. The departure is delayed due to the tardiness of a British diplomat, whom a Chinese general is waiting for. After the train finally departs, soldiers begin attacking other passengers, a situation which is supported by the British diplomat. Passengers from the third class, consisting of workers and peasants, rise up and seize the train. The express races along the tracks, symbolizing revolution.
Cast
- Sergei Minin as The European
- Igor Chernyak
- I. Arbenin
- Yakov Gudkin as An Overseer
- I. Savelyev as An Overseer
- San Bo Yan as The Girl
- Lian Din Do as The Merchant
- Chu Chai Wan as The Peasant
- Chzan Kai as The Fireman
- A. Vardul as The Coolie
- Spasayevsky
- Yanina Zhejmo
- Zana Zanoni
- Boris Brodyansky
- Chai Wan San as The General
