Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? That's the basic story behind this film and you can guess that, since movies require some kind of a narrative, that attractions…An interesting premise - Russian female gaolers must guard German POW's and root out those responsible for SS war crimes - is somewhat hampered by the film's desire to tell its story at such a ho hum pace. "In Tranzit" portrays the costs of this particularly awful theater of war on the Russians who now had to feed and care for the prisoners who had presumably earlier participated in the barbarous siege of their city. In 19th century France, a peasant winemaker endeavors to create the perfect vintage.
The combination plus seeing a film from a Russian point of view makes for a very watchable movie.
In Tranzit is a very well acted movie with a story built on character and emotion surrounding the aftermath of World War 2, rather tha just the cataclysmic large scale political effects of it. With Vera Farmiga, Thomas Kretschmann, John Malkovich, Daniel Brühl. Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards.
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
In Tranzit pushes the facts a tad bit more than most, however they also downplay some of the more tragic facts. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. That's the basic story behind this film and you can guess that, since movies require some kind of a narrative, that attractions…An interesting premise - Russian female gaolers must guard German POW's and root out those responsible for SS war crimes - is somewhat hampered by the film's desire to tell its story at such a ho hum pace. Still, the film looks rather good (suitably grubby and frostbitten) and there's an effective cast, including the enigmatic Natalie Press who arguably gets the film's best storyline as a young Russian girl who grows fond of, and later intimate with, Patrick Kennedy's sweet natured POW.
Was this review helpful to you? Natalia convinces the businessman Yakov to organize an orchestra with the prisoners; they are invited to play in a ball, where the lonely women that survived the war dance with the Germans. In Transit (originally titled In Tranzit) is a 2008 Russian-British drama film based on the true story of German prisoners of war in a Soviet work camp after World War II.
Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. "In Tranzit"is the type of movie that has a great potential and could be better and better.
He learns that Melissa and Driss have fled, and witnesses the suicide of a fellow refugee he had known as an acquaintance. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. There's a twist near the end which is quite surprising and would have worked far more effectively if what proceeded it hadn't lost our interest. In Tranzit pushes the facts a tad bit more than most, however they also downplay some of the more tragic facts.
John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party.
Georg and Marie develop a romantic relationship, and he wrestles with whether to tell her the truth about her husband, coming close to doing so, but being unable to do so because she so adamantly believes him to be alive.
Some reviewers here have said this was based on a true story. In 1944 Estonia, a fratricide war ensues when Estonians of the retreating German forces fight against Estonians conscripted into the advancing Soviet Red Army. Film Editor: Paul Carlin Runtime: 90 min. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life. Press has such a knack of taking material and making it something…This movie was based on a Russian novel and was co-produced and co-filmed in both Russia and parts of the UK. ... He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, mother, mistress and Jewish friend.
Para professores e…(Casi) todas las películas disponibles en Amazon Prime Video España. In 1946, a group of German POWs are mistakenly sent to a Soviet female transit prison camp and must cope with the hostility of the Soviet female inmates and guards, under the orders of cruel camp commander Pavlov. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must pay. The combination plus seeing a film from a Russian point of view makes for a very watchable movie. It is 1946, and in … Natalia and the prisoner Max feel a great attraction for each other while the prisoner Klaus tries to convince Max to denounce a couple of prisoners to satisfy the Russian. In the winter of 1946, in Leningrad, a group of German prisoners of war are sent to a female transit camp by the cruel Russian Colonel Pavlov (Natalia has an agreement with Colonel Pavlov to keep her former lover, who was wounded on the head during the war, in the camp instead of sending him to an institution in Siberia.
Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? The film was directed by Tom Roberts, and stars Thomas Kretschmann, Daniel Brühl, Vera Farmiga, and John Malkovich. In Tranzit – 2008.
1943 in occupied Byelorussia.
When they arrive, the Russian female soldiers show the hostility to the enemies that have killed their husbands, families and friends; only Dr. Natalia and the cook treat the prisoners with dignity. Sometimes films that are "based on true events" push the facts to the side far more than incorporating them into the movie.