Der letzte Zug

Der Letzte Zug
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vávrová
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Written by	Stephen Glantz
Starring	Gedeon Burkhard Lale Yavas Lena Beyerling
Cinematography	Helmfried Kober Joseph Vilsmaier
Editing by	Uli Schön
Studio	Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Diamant Film
Distributed by	Bontonfilm
Release date(s)	October 26, 2006 (2006-10-26) (2006 Internationale Hofer Filmtage) November 9, 2006 (2006-11-09) (Germany) October 11, 2007 (2007-10-11) (Czech Republic) January 11, 2008 (2008-01-11) (Spain)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Germany Czech Republic
Language	German Hebrew Polish French Ukrainian
Budget	€2.7 million

Der Letzte Zug (The Last Train) is a 2006 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová, and starring Gedeon Burkhard, Lale Yavas, and Lena Beyerling. The film depicts the fate of some of last remaining Jews in Berlin, who in April 1943 were rounded up at the Berlin-Grunewald station and sent to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. The film stands out due its proximity as well as the unsparing realism with which the brutality of a transport to the Auschwitz concentration camp appears.

Background

Der letze Zug was filmed in Germany and Lithuania and went into production in May 2005 on a budget of €2.7 million. During filming, director Joseph Vilsmaier fell from a crane and suffered permanent, albeit minor, injuries. Production halted for two weeks while he was hospitalized. Filming resumed once Vilsmaier recovered, but his wife, actress Dana Vávrová took over directing duties while Vilsmaier supervised.

The film premiered on May 20, 2009 at the 40th Hof International Film Festival. It was widely released in theaters in Germany on November 9, 2006, by The Central Cinema Company

External links

• Website at Concorde-Film
• The Last Train at the Internet Movie Database
• The Last Train at Rotten Tomatoes