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The Ghost Train (1927) · Der Geisterzug

Name: The Ghost Train
Director: Géza von Bolváry
Genre: Crime
Released: 1927
Duration: 59 min
Cast: Guy Newall, Ilse Bois, Hertha von Walther, Hilde Jennings, John Manners

Original title: Der Geisterzug

1927 · Géza von Bolváry · 59 min · Germany, United Kingdom · Edited by 1

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Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night.

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French: Le train fantôme
Chinese: 灵异列车

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The Ghost Train (1927) · Der Geisterzug

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