DVD
3 of 3 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection
Transit
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)
Languages
In German and French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt.
Publication Information
Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
As fascist troops descend on Paris, German refugee Georg flees to Marseilles, where he assumes the identity of a dead writer and obtains a transit visa for passage to North America. Awaiting his escape in a make-shift emigre community, Georg's life intertwines with those of a young refugee and his widowed mother, and a lovely, mysterious woman in search of her own missing husband, causing Georg to imagine new beginnings. TRANSIT shifts the story to an indeterminate present, blurring history to create an urgent and timeless exploration of the plight of displaced peoples around the world.
Notes
Title from container.
Freely adapted from the novel "Transit" by Anna Seghers.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
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.