Der Transport

March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.

6.3

92 min

Cast

Hannes Messemer

as Leutnant Bleck

Armin Dahlen

as Feldwebel Steinlein

Peter Herzog

as Unteroffizier Brix

Inge Langen

as Helga Burghardt

Eva Katharina Schultz

as Susanne Westphal

Helmo Kindermann

as Leutnant Thomsteg

Kurd Pieritz

as Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß

Leo Bieber

as Major Krugstein

Horst Keitel

as Unteroffizier Mahlmann

Andreas Wolf

as Dr. Born

Benno Hoffmann

as Ketten-Charly

Heinrich Gies

as Lohmann

Horst Naumann

as Zobel

Wolfgang Völz

as Jansen

Johannes Grossmann

as Schramm

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

as Wirbel

Kurt Jaggberg

Manfred Meurer

Helmut Peine

Karl-Otto Alberty

Kunibert Gensichen

Klaus Jepsen

Paul Klinger

as Narrator (voice)

Günther Mehrholz

Rainer Rudolph

Henning Schlüter

Helmut Wildt

Director

Jürgen Roland