Transit / The Matchbox Factory presents ; a Schramm Film Koerner & Weber production ; in Coproduktion mit Neon Productions und ZDF, Arte, Arte France Cinéma ; Regie, Christian Petzold ; Drehbuch, Christian Petzold ; Produzenten, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber.
Publisher:
Music Box Films,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. Adapted from the novel "Transit" by Anna Seghers. Wide screen (2.35:1). Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt. Based on the novel by Anna Seghers. Bonus features: Making of Transit; Interview with director Christian Petzold; The refugee as a person: an interview with Franz Rogwski; Franz Rogowski: shooting star; Filmmaker Q&A at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Booklet contains film critique by Ignatiy Visnevetsky and two interviews with director Christian Petzold.
Summary:
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.
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