Der Transport (1961)
March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.
- Date of release
- 1961-06-30
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Jürgen Roland
Casting
- Hannes Messemer — Leutnant Bleck
- Armin Dahlen — Feldwebel Steinlein
- Peter Herzog — Unteroffizier Brix
- Inge Langen — Helga Burghardt
- Eva Katharina Schultz — Susanne Westphal
- Helmo Kindermann — Leutnant Thomsteg
- Kurd Pieritz — Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
- Leo Bieber — Major Krugstein
- Horst Keitel — Unteroffizier Mahlmann
- Andreas Wolf — Dr. Born
- Benno Hoffmann — Ketten-Charly
- Heinrich Gies — Lohmann
Interesting facts
The Transport is a 1961 West German war drama film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hannes Messemer, Armin Dahlen and Inge Langen. It is an adaptation of a novel of the same title by Wolfgang Altendorf. 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. It is also known by the alternative title Destination Death.
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