The Istambul Train (1980)

The Istambul Train (1980)

First Air Date:1980, March 25
Last Air Date:1980, April 15
Status:Ended
Seasons:1
Episodes:4

Overview:

Set on the Orient Express train, which traveled from Ostend, Belgium, to Istanbul, Turkey, it features several characters whose destinies intertwine, each bearing their own burden of torment: race, sexual frustration, political failure, poverty. Among them are Carlston Myatt, a Jewish businessman, and Dr. Czinner, a Slavic politician who escaped a death sentence five years earlier and is intent on returning to Belgrade.