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 | |
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Samy Langs | ... | Pedro |
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Murphy McLaren | ... | Black Friend |
Robinson Reichel | ... | Skin Udo | |
Ralph Herforth | ... | Skin Max | |
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Burkhard Kosminski | ... | Skin Walter (as Burkhart Kosminski) |
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Matthias Kosminski | ... | Skin #4 |
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Renee Kuenzel | ... | Skin #5 (as Renee Künzel) |
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David Kehoe | ... | Conductor |
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Roland Astor | ... | Man in Restroom |
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. Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
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).