Escape Route to Marseille

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

Released October 12, 1977

Overview

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.

Runtime

3h 30m


Origin Country

Germany


Original Language

German


Original Title

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


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Germany

Spoken Languages

  • Deutsch (German)

Production Companies

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    WDR

    Germany

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    IFAG-Filmproduktion

    Germany

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    Theuring-Engström-Filmproduktion

    Germany

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