Transport from Paradise ( Transport z raje )

Transport from Paradise (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Transport z raje
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Czech ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1963 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Zbynek Brynych

Written By:
Zbynek Brynych
Arnost Lustig

Actors:
Zdenek Stepánek ..... David Loewenbach
Ilja Prachar ..... Moric Herz
Jirí Vrstála ..... Binde
Cestmír Randa ..... Marmulstaub
Ladislav Pesek ..... Roubicek
Walter Taub ..... Spiegel
Jindrich Narenta ..... SS-General Knecht
Jaroslav Rauser ..... Von Holler
Josef Vinklár ..... Vágus
Josef Abrhám ..... Datel
Vlastimil Brodský ..... Mukl
Helga Cocková ..... Lizinka
Juraj Herz ..... Mylord
Vladimír Hrabánek ..... Zrzek
Václav Lohniský ..... Man at Smithy
Jirí Nemecek ..... Vlastimil Fiala
Ladislav Potmesil ..... Kuzle
Marta Richterová ..... Anna
Miroslav Svoboda ..... Mayer
Fred Vroom ..... Binde

Synopsis:

Zbynek Brynych's award-winning film presents a vivid and realistic picture of the infamous Terezín Ghetto under Nazi control during World War II. The Ghetto was an international marshaling community in Czechslaovakia where thousands of Jews from around Europe were held before being told they were being simply transferred to other towns - when they were in fact being sent to their deaths in the concentration camps. Beneath the apparent serenity of everyday life in the Ghetto, the film slowly gathers a sense of the cold grip of terror in the Nazi's purposeful, grotesque preparations for genocide.

Zbyn?k Brynych's award-winning film presents a vivid and realistic picture of the infamous Terezín Ghetto under Nazi control during World War II. Terezín (or Theresienstadt) was an international marshaling community in Czechoslovakia where thousands of Jews from around Europe were held before being told they were being transferred to Nazi 'work camps'. The inhabitants are forced to participate in a sickening charade to convince an imminent Red Cross delegation that normal life continues in the Ghetto. Gradually, a sense of the cold grip of terror gathers as the Nazi's grotesque preparations for genocide become clear. Scripted by survivor Arnošt Lustig (Diamonds of the Night), based on his personal experiences and filmed in Terezín itself, Transport from Paradise is a profoundly affecting drama shot through with moments of strange and intense beauty. This powerful and haunting feature lingers in the mind long after viewing is presented for the first time ever in the UK. The DVD is presented from a new digital transfer of the film, with newly translated English subtitles and accompanied by a 20-page booklet featuring an essay by acclaimed playwright and author Roy Kift.

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 May, 2014.