Transit [DVD video]

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Title:

Transit [DVD video]

Added Author:

Petzold, Christian, 1960- film director, screenwriter.

Rogowski, Franz, actor.

Beer, Paula, 1995- actor.

Giese, Godehard, 1972- actor.

Batman, Lilien, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Seghers, Anna, 1900-1983. Transit.

Publication Date:

2019

Publication Information:

Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2019]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm)

Abstract:

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.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Adapted from the novel "Transit" by Anna Seghers.

Wide screen (2.35:1).

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.

Performers:

Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt.

Technical Details:

DVD; 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby digital; widescreen 2.35.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Marseille (France) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Historical films.

Film adaptations.