The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988)

6.2/10 98 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Tony Curtis

Mr. Cornfield

Katharina Thalbach

Sofie

Matthias Habich

Körner

Alexandra Stewart

Mrs. Cornfield

Karin Baal

Frau Tenzer

Charles Regnier

Silbermann

Gedeon Burkhard

Janko

Peter Lohmeyer

1. SS Mann

Irm Hermann

KZ-Kommandantin

Leslie Malton

Freundin

Harry Baer

Grenzbeamter

Anna Thalbach

1. Mädchen

Guntbert Warns

Birol Ünel

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