A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
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- TriviaAccording to Christian Petzold, this movie is the last chapter of his trilogy called "Love in Times of Oppressive Systems". The trilogy also includes Barbara (2012) and Phoenix (2014).
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Georg: A man had died. He was to register in hell. He waited in front of a large door. He waited a day, two. He waited weeks. Months. Then years. Finally a man walked past him. The man waiting addressed him: Perhaps you can help me, I'm supposed to register in hell. The other man looks him up and down, says: But sir, this here is hell.
- ConnectionsFollows Barbara (2012)
- SoundtracksKarneval der Tiere - Der Kuckuck
Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by Franz Rogowski (uncredited)
(c) copyright control
Recorded by Stefan Will
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Beautiful and Tragic Romance
In the occupied Paris, the refugee Paul (Sebastian Hülk) offers a ride to Marseille to his friend Georg (Franz Rogowski) if he delivers some correspondence to the famous writer Franz Weidel at his hotel room. However, Geord finds that Weidel committed suicide in his bathroom and the hotel owner has discarded his body. Georg takes Weidel's documents and last manuscript with him to deliver to Paul at the bar, but the Germans have raided the place and arrested Paul. Georg flees to Marseille with his wounded friend, Heinz, hidden in a train wagon, but Heins dies during the journey. George befriends Heinz's son, the boy Driss (Lilien Batman), and gives the bad news to the widow, Melissa (Maryam Zaree), who is deaf and dumb and is also illegal. Georg goes to the Mexican Consulate to deliver Weidel's documents and is mistakenly taken by Weidel. He resolves to pose as the writer and receives visas and money for him and his wife Marie (Paula Beer) to leave France. He goes to the American Consulate to get a transit visa and in both opportunities, he sees a beautiful woman looking at him. When the asthmatic Driss has a crisis, Georg searches a doctor and finds Dr. Richard (Godehard Giese), who is the lover of Marie, the mysterious woman that Georg has seen at the consulates. Soon he learns that she is Weidel's wife and is waiting for him to reunite in their trip to Mexico. But both Georg and Richard have fallen in love with her.
"Transit" (2018) is a beautiful and tragic romance written during the World War II (in 1944) and adapted to the contemporary days, maybe to reduce the cost in costumes and locations. Georg's sacrifice and the triangle of love recalls Rick Blaine in "Casablanca" (1942), when he gives his ticket to Richard. The plot is engaging and holds the attention of the viewer until the very end. The conclusion is sad and more pessimist than in "Casablanca". My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Em Trânsito" ("In Transit")
"Transit" (2018) is a beautiful and tragic romance written during the World War II (in 1944) and adapted to the contemporary days, maybe to reduce the cost in costumes and locations. Georg's sacrifice and the triangle of love recalls Rick Blaine in "Casablanca" (1942), when he gives his ticket to Richard. The plot is engaging and holds the attention of the viewer until the very end. The conclusion is sad and more pessimist than in "Casablanca". My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Em Trânsito" ("In Transit")
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- Транзит
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- Gross US & Canada
- $815,290
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,931
- Mar 3, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $1,012,747
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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