Der Transport

Der Transport

88 mins | Drama | Nov. 10, 1961

March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.

Der Transport

88 mins | Drama | Nov. 10, 1961

Der Transport
March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.
Producers
Original title Der Transport
Directors Jürgen Roland
Writers

Cast

Hannes Messemer

as Leutnant Bleck

Armin Dahlen

as Feldwebel Steinlein

Horst Keitel

as Unteroffizier Mahlmann

Benno Hoffmann

as Ketten-Charly

Horst Naumann

as Zobel

Wolfgang Völz

as Jansen

Johannes Grossmann

as Schramm

Kurd Pieritz

as Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß