GB
1958
1hr 34mins
Dir: Wolf Rilla
Starring: Hardy Krüger and Sylvia Syms
A German student goes to Cambridge University to study
This comedy features an edited departure scene from London King’s Cross with ‘blood and custard’ liveried Mk1 rolling stock displaying ‘Cambridge Buffet Express’ roof boards. There is also a run-by of an ex-LNER B17 Class 4-6-0 going away from the camera, and a shot of the frontage of Cambridge station. All in all then, a good accurate depiction of a London-Cambridge train journey, and in technicolor too! Incidentally, although the platform scene at Cambridge station is real, with Mk1 coaches shrouded in steam, the carriage interior scene was a set. The back-projection looks as though it has plenty on offer to view, but the crowds of people standing in the corridor make any attempt at identification impossible!
