THE LAST TRAIN
by Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vávrová
synopsis
Wartime Germany, 1943. The Nazis want a Berlin “cleansed of the Jews”. Almost 70,000 Jews have already been deported from the capital of the German Reich. The last transports to Auschwitz are set to roll in April. Any day, any night, the Gestapo can arrive, drag the last remaining Jews into the streets and drive them away on trucks. For 688 Jews this fear becomes reality.In their desperation some try to break out of their relentlessly progressing prison hell, among them Henry and Lea Neumann with their two children, an older loving couple, the cabaret performer Jakob Noschik and the pianist Gabriella Hellmann, the physician Dr. Fried - lich, a fearless young man named Albert Rosen and the young woman Ruth Zilberman.
international title: | The Last Train |
original title: | Der letzte Zug |
country: | Germany, Czech Republic |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vávrová |
film run: | 123' |
release date: | DE 09/11/2006 |
screenplay: | Artur Brauner, Stephen Glantz |
cast: | Sibel Kekilli, Gedeon Burkhard, Roman Roth, Brigitte Grothum, Lena Beyerling, Juraj Kukura |
cinematography by: | Helmfried Kober, Joseph Vilsmaier |
film editing: | Uli Schön |
art director: | Miroslav Schwarz |
costumes designer: | Jarmila Konecná |
music: | Christian Heyne |
producer: | Artur Brauner, Wolf Brauner, Ivo Pavelek |
production: | Perathon Film |
distributor: | Concorde Filmverleih |