The winter of 1940. Thousands of French, Jewish, Spanish and German anti-fascist refugees try to flee an inhospitable territory. In transit in Marseilles, they run consulates in search of visas. Gerhardt Seidler is one of them. By chance,...
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Gerhardt
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Claudia Messner | ... |
Marie
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The Doctor
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Magali Leiris | ... |
Nadine
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Judith Henry | ... |
Yvonne
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Georges Binnet
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Claudine
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Ludwig Boettger | ... |
Strobel
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Hans Diehl | ... |
Heinz
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Facundo Bo | ... |
Mexican consul
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William Doherty | ... |
US consul
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Andrea Schieffer |
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| René Allio | ||
Written by
| René Allio | ... | () |
| Jean Jourdheuil | ... | () |
| Anna Seghers | ... | (novel) |
Produced by
| Humbert Balsan | ... | producer |
Music by
| Georges Boeuf | ||
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| Richard Copans | ||
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| Marie-Hélène Quinton | ||
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| Sylvie Deldon | ||
Makeup Department
| Evelyne Byot | ... | key makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Christophe Marillier | ... | first assistant director |
| Fred Nicolas | ... | second assistant director (as Frédéric Nicolas) |
Sound Department
| Olivier Ducastel | ... | sound mixer |
| Olivier Schwob | ... | sound |
Production Companies
- Action Films
- France 3
- La Sept
- Paris Classics Productions
- Société Française de Production (SFP)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Distributors
- Les Films du Sémaphore (1991) (France) (theatrical)
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The winter of 1940. Thousands of French, Jewish, Spanish and German anti-fascist refugees try to flee an inhospitable territory. In transit in Marseilles, they run consulates in search of visas. Gerhardt Seidler is one of them. By chance, he finds himself in possession of the visa of a writer, a certain August Weidel, who has since committed suicide. |
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