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Escape Route to Marseille (1977)

Original title: Fluchtweg nach Marseille

1977-10-12 · 3h 30m · DE
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Images from a working journal (1977) on the novel Transit (1941) by Anna Seghers

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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Ingemo EngströmDirectorGerhard TheuringDirector

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Ruth FabianRuth FabianReinhardt FirchowReinhardt FirchowNarratorPeter GingoldPeter GingoldKatharina ThalbachKatharina ThalbachRüdiger VoglerRüdiger VoglerAlfred KantorowiczAlfred KantorowiczFrançois Mouren-ProvensalFrançois Mouren-ProvensalIda PoznerIda PoznerErnst Erich NothErnst Erich NothHildegard SchmahlHildegard SchmahlNarrator

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What is Escape Route to Marseille about?

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”.

How long is Escape Route to Marseille?

Escape Route to Marseille has a runtime of 210 minutes.