The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

19881h 38min

An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.

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An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.

Released
May 4, 1988
Runtime
1h 38min
Director
Thomas Brasch
Genre
Drama
Language
German
Production
Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), George Reinhart Productions, ZDF, Road Movies, Film4 Productions
Cast
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