Drama // 101 minutes // 2018
Petzold achieved a haunting modern-day film adaption of Anna Seghers´ 1944 novel of the same name, which she wrote in exile. Georg flees to Marseille and assumes the identity of a writer, who took his own life out of fear of persecution. With the film set in contemporary Marseille where characters from the past are moving around, refugees from the past meet refugees from the present. their stories, transcending time, combine and create a space of transit.
Direction and screenplay: Christian Petzold
Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber
Music: Stefan Will
Cinematography: Hans Fromm
Film editing: Bettina Böhler
Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Trystan Pütter
Awards
- 2018: Julius-Campe Literature Prize for Christian Petzold
- 2018: Film Festival Turkey/Germany, Best Film Award
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