Colonel of Ryan's Express

Movie
German title	Colonel of Ryan's Express
Original title	From Ryan's Express
Country of production	United States
original language	English German Italian
Publishing year	1965
length	117 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Mark Robson
script	Wendell Mayes
production	Saul David
music	Jerry Goldsmith
camera	William H. Daniels
cut	Dorothy Spencer
occupation
Frank Sinatra : Colonel Joseph L. Ryan Trevor Howard : Major Eric Fincham Edward Mulhare : Military Chaplain Captain Costanzo Raffaella Carrà : Gabriella Brad Dexter : Sergeant Bostick Sergio Fantoni : Captain Oriani John van Dreelen : Colonel Gortz Wolfgang Preiss : Major Von Klemment Adolfo Celi : Battaglia James Brolin : Private Ames John Leyton : Orde Arthur Brauss : Lieutenant Herman Gertel Paul Müller : Captain Josef Sonneberg Michael Goodliffe : Captain Stein Ivan Triesault : Group Leader Von Kleist

Colonel von Ryan's Express (Original title: Von Ryan's Express ) is an American feature film from 1965 with Frank Sinatra in the title role, which the director Mark Robson directed. The war film is based on the novel The Late Victory of the Commodore (Original title: Von Ryan's Express ) by David Westheimer and takes place during the Second World War .

action

The American pilot Colonel Joseph L. Ryan was shot down over Italy in 1943 and taken to a British- dominated prison camp. There is considerable tension there with the highest-ranking British officer Major Eric Fincham, as Ryan drives a more moderate course with the Italian camp management and prevents any attempt to escape (which also brings him the German name of Ryan ). When Italy surrenders, they try to flee with the help of the Italian officer Captain Oriani, but are captured again by the invading Germans and are supposed to be brought in a freight train over the Brenner Pass to Innsbruck .

During the journey, they manage to conquer the train and, through a clever game of confusion, get to the border with neutral Switzerland . When the German Wehrmacht discovered the fraud, however, another train was sent behind to stop the Allied soldiers. At the last minute, the men manage to repair the railway tracks destroyed by aerial bombs , and the train can escape unhindered to Switzerland. Ryan doesn't make it, however, because he is shot while jumping up.

Reviews

"Escape adventure trimmed to high tension with great effort, which falsifies war events into the heroic sport customary in Hollywood, between comedy slapstick and bloodbath."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

In 1966 Walter Rossi was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Sound Editing .

literature

• David Westheimer : The Commodore's Late Victory. Novel (Original title: From Ryan's Express ). German by Ingeborg Frank. Lichtenberg-Verlag, Munich 1965, 307 pp.

Web links

• Von Ryan's Express in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Colonel of Ryan's Express

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Colonel of Ryan's Express. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 23, 2017 .