The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

98 mins | Drama | May 4, 1988

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.

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

98 mins | Drama | May 4, 1988

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Film Four International, George Reinhart Productions
Original title Der Passagier - Welcome to Germany
Directors Wolfgang Schulte, Cordula Kablitz-Post, Martin Walz, Alexander von Richthofen, Thomas Brasch
Writers Thomas Brasch, Jurek Becker

Cast

Tony Curtis

as Mr. Cornfield

Matthias Habich

as Körner

Alexandra Stewart

as Mrs. Cornfield

Karin Baal

as Frau Tenzer

Charles Regnier

as Silbermann

George Tabori

as Rabbiner

Gedeon Burkhard

as Janko

Peter Lohmeyer

as 1. SS Mann

Irm Hermann

as KZ-Kommandantin

Leslie Malton

as Freundin

Harry Baer

as Grenzbeamter

Anna Thalbach

as 1. Mädchen