When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he meets a young woman desperate to find her missing husband - the very man he's impersonating. Nominated for Best Film at the **Berlin International Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"Anyone who appreciates cinema's underrated capactiy to confound -- to really sabotage our understanding of what's transpiring -- will get a rush from the way Petzold constantly shifts the ground underneath our feet." - A.A. Dowd, **AV Club***