Train of Life

Comedy/Drama, Israel/Romania 1998

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In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
103 min
HD
FSK 6
Age recommendation of the KJF: Starting at 10 years
Audio language:
FrenchGerman

Awards

Festival of East European Films Cottbus 1989 Audience Award
Sundance Film Festival 1999 Audience Award
Film Festival Venice 1998 Award for Best First Film

More information

Director:

Radu Mihaileanu

Writer:

Radu Mihaileanu

Composer:

Goran Bregović

DOP:

Giorgos Arvanitis

Laurent Dailland

Editor:

Monique Rysselinck

Producer:

Cédomir Kolar

Radu Mihaileanu

Cast:

Lionel Abelanski (Shlomo)

Rufus (Mordechai)

Clément Harari (Rabbi)

Michel Muller (Yossi)

Agathe de la Fontaine (Esther)

Johan Leysen (Schmecht)

Bruno Abraham-Kremer (Yankele)

Marie-José Nat (Sura)

Gad Elmaleh (Manzatou)

Original title:

Train de vie

Original language:

FrenchGerman

Further titles:

Életvonat

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 10 years

Age rating:

FSK 6

Audio language:

FrenchGerman

Further links:

IMDb

The Movie Database

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