The Transport

{{Short description|1961 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Transport | image =File:The Transport.jpeg | caption = | director = Jürgen Roland | producer = Hermann Schwerin Alf Teichs Hans Wolff | writer = Michael Mansfeld Hans Rameau Heinz Oskar Wuttig | based_on = ''The Transport'' by Wolfgang Altendorf | narrator = | starring = Hannes Messemer Armin Dahlen Inge Langen | music = | cinematography = Heinz Hölscher Ted Kornowicz | editing = Klaus Dudenhöfer | studio = Fono Film | distributor = UFA Film Hansa | released = {{Film date|1961|06|30|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Transport''''' (German: '''''Der Transport''''') is a 1961 West German war drama film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hannes Messemer, Armin Dahlen and Inge Langen.<ref>Meyer p.106</ref> It is an adaptation of a novel of the same title by Wolfgang Altendorf.<ref>Goble p.7</ref> 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.<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-transport_79b0a08cfc4f4ffda57072f91ddcc828</ref> It is also known by the alternative title '''''Destination Death'''''.

==Synopsis== In March 1945 German prison warder Leutnant Bleck is ordered to escort a group of prisoners to the Western Front to work in extremely dangerous circumstances. A difficult rail journey follows amidst the collapsing Third Reich. Bleck discovers his inner morality and instead attempts to turn them over to the advancing Allied forces.

==Cast== * Hannes Messemer as Leutnant Bleck * Armin Dahlen as Feldwebel Steinlein * Peter Herzog as Unteroffizier Brix * Inge Langen as Helga Burghardt * Eva Katharina Schultz as Susanne Westphal * Helmo Kindermann as Leutnant Thomsteg * Kurd Pieritz as Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß * Leo Bieber as Major Krugstein * Horst Keitel as Unteroffizier Mahlmann * Andreas Wolf as Dr. Born * Benno Hoffmann as Ketten-Charly * Heinrich Gies as Lohmann * Horst Naumann as Zobel * Wolfgang Völz as Jansen * Johannes Grossmann as Schramm * Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Wirbel * Paul Klinger as Narrator

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Meyer, Ulfilas. ''Kino-Express: Die Eisenbahn in der Welt des Films''. Bucher, 1985. * Rentschler, Eric. ''German Film & Literature''. Routledge, 2013.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0141914}}

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