A tram conductor in fancy pants falls for a sad hatmaker. Pre-war Vienna, but make it horny.
Endstation offers the American viewer tantalizing glimpses of busy, bustling mid-1930s Vienna. Otherwise, this minor yarn of an amorous streetcar conductor is strictly formula material. The film benefits from the star power of Paul Horbiger, resplendently garbed in an elaborate conductor's uniform. Also worth noting is the performance of Maria Andergest as the woebegone hatmaker whose fate is inextricably linked with hero Horbiger. Incidentally though the direction is credited with one E. W. Emo, Paul Horbiger actually called most of the shots on Endstation.
Costume
That conductor uniform deserves its own billing
Acting
Horbiger directing himself = maximum chaos uncle
Production
Vienna location porn before everything went sideways
Director
E.W. Emo
Paul Hörbiger
Karl Vierthaler, Straßenbahnschaffner
Hans Moser
Karl Vierthaler senior, Oberkontrollor
Josefine Dora
Frau Vierthaler
Maria Andergast
Anna Wendler, ihre Tochter, Näherin
Oscar Sabo
Schilling, Konditor
Hubert von Meyerinck
Marcel Steiner, Direktor des Salon 'Flora'
Julia Serda
Frau Hofrat Crusius
Oskar Sima
Straßenbahninspektor Grenzing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Hörbiger was so over E.W. Emo that he effectively ghost-directed his own performance, making this early cinema's most successful coup d'état.
This 1935 Vienna snapshot captures a city months from the Anschluss — watch the bustling streets knowing what's coming.
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