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Lost Transport

2022 · 100 min

A somber, slow-burning wartime drama that finds fragile human connection amid suspicion and despair.

Directed by
Saskia Diesing
Genres
Drama, War, History
Starring
Hanna van Vliet, Anna Bachmann, Eugenie Anselin
Overview
In the spring of 1945, a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. Condemned to each other and in a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between Russian sniper Vera, village girl Winnie and Jewish-Dutch woman Simone.

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Directed by
Saskia Diesing
Genres
Drama, War, History
Starring
Hanna van Vliet, Anna Bachmann, Eugenie Anselin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war, history
Directed by
Saskia Diesing
Written by
Saskia Diesing
Starring
Hanna van Vliet, Anna Bachmann, Eugenie Anselin, Bram Suijker, Konstantin Frolov, Frieda Barnhard, Billy de Walle, Edda Lina Janz
Music
Paul Eisenach
Cinematography
Aage Hollander
Runtime
100 min
Country
Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Languages
Russian, German, Dutch, Spanish

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