Night Train to Munich (1940) on Netflix
As German forces occupy Prague in March 1939, the scientist Axel Bomasch is flown to Britain. His daughter Anna is seized before she can leave the country.
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Plot summary
In March 1939, German troops move into Czechoslovakia. Axel Bomasch, a scientist at work on a new kind of armor-plate, is flown to Britain. His daughter Anna is taken into custody before she can get to the airport and held in a concentration camp, where interrogators question her about her father. She refuses to cooperate. In the camp she meets Karl Marsen, a fellow prisoner who describes himself as a teacher jailed for his political beliefs. The two escape and reach London.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Night Train to Munich (1940)
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- Night Train to Munich was the last of the several films Margaret Lockwood made for director Carol Reed; their professional relationship ended after she turned down the female lead in Reed's Kipps.
- The film came from a short story by Gordon Wellesley, but screenwriter Sidney Gilliat said the story only made up the first ten minutes, with the rest written by him and Frank Launder.
- The title of Night Train to Munich inspired an eponymous song on Al Stewart's interwar theme album, Between the Wars.
