Global Screen has secured a presale of the female-led drama “Lost Transport” to Menemsha Films for the U.S. and Canada ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin.
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of the final days of World War II when German soldiers abandon a deportation train, leaving the fate of its occupants in the hands of advancing Russian troops. The film centers on the chance encounter between three women, one German, one Dutch Jew and one Russian. Amid the ruins of war, these women must overcome their differences and work together in order to survive.
The film’s director, Saskia Diesing, “links real events with the fictional characters in the film to create a feminist and deeply human story about cohesion and friendship,” Global Screen said.
Diesing previously directed “Nena,” which earned a special mention at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, where it played in the Generation 14plus section.
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of the final days of World War II when German soldiers abandon a deportation train, leaving the fate of its occupants in the hands of advancing Russian troops. The film centers on the chance encounter between three women, one German, one Dutch Jew and one Russian. Amid the ruins of war, these women must overcome their differences and work together in order to survive.
The film’s director, Saskia Diesing, “links real events with the fictional characters in the film to create a feminist and deeply human story about cohesion and friendship,” Global Screen said.
Diesing previously directed “Nena,” which earned a special mention at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, where it played in the Generation 14plus section.
- 2/10/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The film is directed by Saskia Diesing (Nena) and stars Hanna van Vliet alongside Eugénie Anselin and Anna Bachmann.
Munich-based sales outfit Global Screen has taken world rights to female-driven Second World War drama Lost Transport. The film is directed by Saskia Diesing (Nena) and stars Hanna van Vliet alongside Eugénie Anselin and Anna Bachmann.
Based on a true story, it follows a train with 2,500 Jewish former prisoners aboard leaving the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The train comes to a stop by a German village in the path of advancing Russian troops, with three women forced to pool their resources to survive.
Munich-based sales outfit Global Screen has taken world rights to female-driven Second World War drama Lost Transport. The film is directed by Saskia Diesing (Nena) and stars Hanna van Vliet alongside Eugénie Anselin and Anna Bachmann.
Based on a true story, it follows a train with 2,500 Jewish former prisoners aboard leaving the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The train comes to a stop by a German village in the path of advancing Russian troops, with three women forced to pool their resources to survive.
- 10/12/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
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