The emergency braking of the Orient Express causes chaos. When the lights are switched back on, lawyer Branko is found murdered in his compartment. The Rarna Criminal Investigation Department starts investigating immediately. There are several suspects: Baron Hübner and his divorced wife, the seemingly too staid private detective Holzer and the mysterious Vera Panaid. Suddenly, the mysterious case takes a surprising turn...
Baron Erich Hübner
Franz Schulz, sein Diener
Sonja Promshek
Frau Dr. Inge Geldern
Police Commisar Iwanowitsch
Mischa Kowa, reporter
Kosta Balaban, Kriminalanwärter
Vera Voneitz
Mizzi Treff, Sängerin
Schlafwagenschaffner
Karl Holzer, Privatdetektiv
Branko, Rechtsanwalt
Jarov Hanek, ein Jockey
Anton Kruckenhauser, Metzger
Radlinsky, Friseur
Exzellenz
Offizier der Bahnhofswache
Reporter und Mischas Mitarbeiter