Night Train to Venice (1993)

The Orient Express, on it's night trip from Munich to Venice, is full because of the beginning of the carnival in Venice. Between the passengers are a journalist, an actress and her ... See full summary »

Director:

Carlo U. Quinterio

Writers:

Leo Tichat, Toni Hirtreiter

Stars:

Hugh Grant, Tahnee Welch, Malcolm McDowell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh Grant	...	Martin
Tahnee Welch	...	Vera
Malcolm McDowell	...	Stranger
Kristina Söderbaum	...	Old Woman (Euphemia)
Rachel Rice	...	Pia
Evelyn Opela	...	Tatjana
Samy Langs	...	Pedro
Murphy McLaren	...	Black Friend
Robinson Reichel	...	Skin Udo
Ralph Herforth	...	Skin Max
Burkhard Kosminski	...	Skin Walter (as Burkhart Kosminski)
Matthias Kosminski	...	Skin #4
Renee Kuenzel	...	Skin #5 (as Renee Künzel)
David Kehoe	...	Conductor
Roland Astor	...	Man in Restroom

Storyline

The Orient Express, on it's night trip from Munich to Venice, is full because of the beginning of the carnival in Venice. Between the passengers are a journalist, an actress and her daughter, an elder dancer, five skinheads and a strange man that seems to have some kind of influence over them through their dreams.

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Plot Keywords:

orient express | neo nazi | journalist | carnival | dream | 

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Taglines:

Last stop... terror!

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexuality, violence and drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite its showing at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993, this film was not released until 1996, and then only in a few countries.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Vera: [showing framed picture] Look what I found.

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Connections

Referenced in Jersey Girl (2004)

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Soundtracks

Mon Mec a Moi
Performed by Patricia Kaas

User Reviews

Ugh!

What a mess. I bought the laserdisc of this years ago, an impulse purchase, because of Hugh Grant. Up to that point I had enjoyed everything I'd seen him in. After suffering through watching the film, all I could think was that the writer(s) and director must have been doing vastly different types of drugs resulting in an incomprehensible train wreck (pun intended) of a film. Neither Grant's charm nor McDowell's depth and style can save this one. The re-titling of the film to "Train to Hell" is probably the best thing the distributors have done. At least they're being honest that this is a train ride to hell in a handbasket. I haven't bothered to watch the film since (just can't bring myself to torture myself that way again).

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Train to Hell

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Take Munich Filmproduction

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color