Transit (1991)
Directed by René Allio

Drama

Film Synopsis

As soon as Hitler came to power, thousands of Germans fleeing arrest and the concentration camps arrived in France in the 1930s.  There were about 53 thousand of them, 37 thousand being Jews.  Some of them were just passing through, on their way to other countries such as Britain and the United States, but the majority remained.  They were not well-received...
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Film Credits

  • Director: René Allio
  • Script: René Allio, Jean Jourdheuil, Anna Seghers (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Richard Copans
  • Music: Georges Boeuf
  • Cast: Sebastian Koch (Gerhardt), Claudia Messner (Marie), Rüdiger Vogler (The Doctor), Magali Leiris (Nadine), Judith Henry (Yvonne), Paul Allio (Georges Binnet), Nicole Dogue (Claudine), Ludwig Boettger (Strobel), Hans Diehl (Heinz), Facundo Bo (Mexican consul), William Doherty (US consul), Wilfred Benaïche (L'homme bien mis), Gilda Albertoni, Philippe Ambrosini, Elisabeth Commelin, Pierre Forget, Bernard Freyd, Ronald Guttman, Dominique Horwitz, Günter Lampe
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 125 min

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