Escape Route to Marseille
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1977-10-12
Documentary in two parts that blends dramatized reconstructions, personal reminisces and newsreel footage to tell the story of the flight of German refugees through occupied France to Marseilles in 1940. In 1977 Ingemo Engström and Gerhard Theuring embark on a journey through France. They trace the escape route of the German emigration in France 1940/41, documenting the places, talking to witnesses, relating the temporal layers. The film Escape Route to Marseilles that was the result of this journey, carries the subtitle “Images from a working journal (1977) on the novel Transit (1941) by Anna Seghers”.
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Documentary in two parts that blends dramatized reconstructions, personal reminisces and newsreel footage to tell the story of the flight of German refugees through occupied France to Marseilles in 1940. In 1977 Ingemo Engström and Gerhard Theuring embark on a journey through France. They trace the escape route of the German emigration in France 1940/41, documenting the places, talking to witnesses, relating the temporal layers. The film Escape Route to Marseilles that was the result of this journey, carries the subtitle “Images from a working journal (1977) on the novel Transit (1941) by Anna Seghers”.
Released
1977-10-12
Runtime
210
Director
Ingemo Engström
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Documentary
Language
Deutsch
Production
WDR
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Ruth Fabian
Ruth FabianReinhardt Firchow
Reinhardt FirchowPeter Gingold
Peter Gingold
Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach
Rüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger VoglerAlfred Kantorowicz
Alfred KantorowiczFrançois Mouren-Provensal
François Mouren-ProvensalIda Pozner
Ida PoznerErnst Erich Noth
Ernst Erich Noth
Hildegard Schmahl
Hildegard Schmahl