In Tranzit Page #4

Synopsis: In the winter of 1946, in Leningrad, a group of German prisoners of war are sent to a female transit camp by the cruel Russian Commander Pavlov. When they arrive, the Russian female soldiers show the hostility to the enemies that have killed their husbands, families and friends; only Dr. Natalia and the cook treat the prisoners with dignity. Natalia has an agreement with Commander Pavlov to keep her former lover, who was wounded on the head during the war and is slow, in the camp instead of sending him to an institution in Siberia. Pavlov assigns Natalia to disclose members of the SS infiltrated in the group of prisoners. Natalia and the prisoner Max feel a great attraction for each other while the prisoner Klaus tries to convince Max to denounce a couple of prisoners to satisfy the Russian. Natalia convinces the businessman Yakov to organize an orchestra with the prisoners; they are invited to play in a ball, where the lonely women that survived the war dance with the Germans. After t
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Tom Roberts
Production: Peace Arch Films
 
IMDB:
5.8
R
Year:
2008
113 min
130 Views


Until they are transferred.

I suppose it'll speed things up a bit.

Are you sure you can feed them?

Two meals a day, as promised.

How did I come to be

feeding Germans?

It's going very well.

They're hard-working -

Efficient.

Very - German, in fact.

Yakov, the war is over.

For them, maybe.

I still miss so many things.

Natalia...

Sorry, Comrade.

It's okay.

Shouldn't a child like Zina

know life's pleasures?

Dancing.

Lipstick.

Music. I miss music.

Imagine if we could make them

put everything back the way it was.

Every bridge, every building.

Every dance hall.

Do you remember

the Annual Railway Yard Dance?

Yes.

Well, I still have all the music.

And the decorations.

I even have our musical instruments.

All you need is an orchestra.

What if...

...what if...

...we could add 'musical ability'...

...to 'hard-working' and 'efficient'?

Germans come from

the land of Beethoven and Brahms.

There must be

some musicians among them.

Oh, what would Pavlov say?

No, they've allowed music

in some Moscow camps. Why not here?

It'll be our project.

We can give it

a suitable name like...

...'International Ideological

Corrective Activity'.

You're, you're a genius. A genius!

Dismissed!

Come along, come along.

We haven't got all day.

That's it.

Yes!

I'm a Jew!

He's a f***ing Jew.

So - what are you going to

do about it?

That's it, Hans.

Come on.

Good.

If only you knew what it took not to use

that as firewood during the siege.

Good man.

Please.

Please.

Maybe we should

have joined the band, too.

And what are you gonna play,

farm-boy?

What instrument do you play?

Hmm?

It's all right. Come with me.

Go ahead.

Well done.

Now, play!

No. No, no, not like that!

Not like...

Like that! Good.

Go! Go. Take your instruments -

repair them...

...and learn the songs

you've been given.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

We need to talk.

It's important.

Your doctor friend's been

asking me questions.

About the war.

About us.

What did you tell her?

Nothing.

How about you?

Do you think we can trust her?

Why are you asking me?

Because she likes you.

And you like her.

If we work together -

and give her a few names...

...maybe we could get ourselves

on a train back to Germany.

How about Beckmeyer and Ritter? -

Nobody will miss them.

Beside, they're not going to

last much longer.

Or Dressler -

That farm-boy's no good to anyone.

Stay away from me!

Think about it.

Bort!

Follow me! Doctor's orders.

Time you decided which side you're on.

I'm on my side.

Remember, Max, I know who

you are and who you were.

I know what you're up to.

Yes, come in!

You wanted to see me?

Russian rats are tougher

than we thought.

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