Documentary · Germany · 1977 · 3h 30m

Escape Route to Marseille

Fluchtweg nach Marseille – Exodus & Résistance – Bilder aus einem Arbeitsjournal

Escape Route to Marseille poster
Director
Ingemo EngströmGerhard Theuring
Cast
Katharina Thalbach as Rüdiger Vogler as François Mouren-Provensal as Ruth Fabian as Reinhardt Firchow as Narrator Hildegard Schmahl as Narrator
Crew
Axel Block — Director of Photography Heidi Murero — Editor Ingemo Engström — Writer Gerhard Theuring — Writer Anna Seghers — Novel Ingemo Engström — Producer
Tagline

Images from a working journal (1977) on the novel Transit (1941) by Anna Seghers

Synopsis

Documentary 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.

Key Collaborators
Ingemo Engström Director Gerhard Theuring Director Axel Block Director of Photography Heidi Murero Editor Ingemo Engström Writer Gerhard Theuring Writer Anna Seghers Novel Ingemo Engström Producer Gerhard Theuring Producer
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