Desc: Die Kantine auf der Schiene: Directed by Thorsten Jeß. With Michael Petersen, Albert Mühl, Wolfgang Taubrich. The top priority for Michael Petersen: always smile. Even if the driver has to brake while serving the soup. In addition to the Mitropa story, the head waiter and his crew are the main characters in Thorsten Jeß 'Railroad movie about the Mitropa. The former subsidiary of the Reichsbahn was founded on November 24, 1916. Mitropa was a catering company best known for having managed sleeping and dining cars of different German railways for most of the 20th century. Founded in 1916, the name "Mitropa" is an abbreviation of Mitteleuropa (German for Central Europe).