Record Number |
809716 |
Title |
Transit [videorecording]. |
Publisher/Date |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2019. |
©2018. |
Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (97 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Contents note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. |
Creation Note |
Director/writer, Christian Petzold ; producers Florian Koerner Von Gustof, Michael Weber. |
Performer note |
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt. |
Summary Note |
In Christian Petzold's brilliant and haunting modern-day adaptation of Anna Seghers's 1942 novel, Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
Language note |
French, German with subtitles in English. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Drama |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
Film adaptations |
Motion pictures -- Germany |
Marseille (France) -- Drama |
War films. |
Added Author |
Petzold, Christian, 1960- film director, writer. |
Rogowski, Franz actor. |
Beer, Paula, 1995- actor. |
Godehard Giese actor. |
Seghers, Anna, 1900-1983 author. |
Seghers, Anna, 1900-1983 Transit. |
Koerner von Gustorf, Florian producer. |
Weber, Michael producer. |
Shelf Location |
DVD F TRAN |