The Transport (German: Der Transport) is a 1961 West German war drama film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hannes Messemer, Armin Dahlen and Inge Langen.Meyer p.106 It is an adaptation of a novel of the same title by Wolfgang Altendorf.Goble p.7 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Donaueschingen and Germersheim. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil.https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-transport_79b0a08cfc4f4ffda57072f91ddcc828 It is also known by the alternative title Destination Death.
Synopsis In March 1945 German prison warder Leutnant Bleck is ordered to escort a group of prisoners to the Western Front to work in extremely dangerous circumstances. A difficult rail journey follows amidst the collapsing Third Reich. Bleck discovers his inner morality and instead attempts to turn them over to the advancing Allied forces.
Cast Hannes Messemer as Leutnant Bleck Armin Dahlen as Feldwebel Steinlein Peter Herzog as Unteroffizier Brix Inge Langen as Helga Burghardt Eva Katharina Schultz as Susanne Westphal Helmo Kindermann as Leutnant Thomsteg Kurd Pieritz as Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß Leo Bieber as Major Krugstein Horst Keitel as Unteroffizier Mahlmann Andreas Wolf as Dr. Born Benno Hoffmann as Ketten-Charly Heinrich Gies as Lohmann Horst Naumann as Zobel Wolfgang Völz as Jansen Johannes Grossmann as Schramm Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Wirbel Paul Klinger as Narrator
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Meyer, Ulfilas. Kino-Express: Die Eisenbahn in der Welt des Films. Bucher, 1985. Rentschler, Eric. German Film & Literature. Routledge, 2013.
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