| Uniform Title |
Transit (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
Transit. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2019. |
| ©2018. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (97 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : MMA9327. |
| Originally produced in Germany and France and released as a motion picture in 2018. |
| Based on Anna Seghers's 1942 novel of the same name. |
| Credits |
Directed by Christian Petzold. |
| Performers |
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region all ; Letterbox, wide screen (2.35:1). |
| Language note |
French and German dialogue throughout film. Subtitles in English. |
| Awards note |
Winner best film, Nuremberg Film Festival. |
| Subjects |
Seghers, Anna, -- 1900-1983 -- Film adaptations |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Drama |
| Impersonation -- Drama |
| Feature films -- France |
| Motion pictures, French |
| Foreign language films |
| Marseille (France) -- Drama |
| Genre |
War films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Petzold, Christian, 1960- director. |
| Rogowski, Franz actor. |
| Beer, Paula, 1995- actor. |
| Giese, Godehard, 1972- actor. |
| Batman, Lilien actor. |
| Seghers, Anna, 1900-1983. Transit Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Batman, Lilien .
- Beer, Paula, 1995- .
- Giese, Godehard, 1972- .
- Petzold, Christian, 1960- .
- Rogowski, Franz .
- Seghers, Anna, 1900-1983. Transit .
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