---
title: 'Night Train to Lisbon (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bille August'
released: '2013-03-07'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Portugal'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-train-to-lisbon-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1654523/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

2013 · 110 min · Drama, Mystery · Germany, Switzerland, Portugal


## Synopsis

Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the 2004 novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann, the film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life. The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bille August](https://cinepixo.com/people/bille-august)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Bieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bieri), [Ulrich Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-herrmann), [Greg Latter](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-latter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Annette Focks](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-focks)
- **Producer:** [Kerstin Ramcke](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerstin-ramcke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Filip Zumbrunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/filip-zumbrunn)
- **Editor:** [Hansjörg Weißbrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansjorg-wei-brich)

## Cast

- [Martina Gedeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/martina-gedeck)
- [Bruno Ganz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ganz)
- [José Wallenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-wallenstein)
- [Jean-Pierre Cornu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-cornu)
- [Burghart Klaußner](https://cinepixo.com/people/burghart-klau-ner)
- [Nicolau Breyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolau-breyner)
- [Jeremy Irons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-irons)
- [João Lagarto](https://cinepixo.com/people/joao-lagarto)
- [Joaquim Leitão](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquim-leitao)
- [August Diehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-diehl)
- [Lena Olin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-olin)
- [Beatriz Batarda](https://cinepixo.com/people/beatriz-batarda)
- [Tom Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-courtenay)
- [Jack Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-huston)
- [Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanspeter-muller-drossaart)

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Official site: http://www.nighttrain-film.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-train-to-lisbon-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q5177219); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.