---
title: 'Transit (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian Petzold'
released: '2018-04-05'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/transit-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6675244/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Transit (2018)

2018 · 101 min · Drama · Germany, France


## Synopsis

Transit is a 2018 German drama film written and directed by Christian Petzold. It is based on Anna Seghers's 1944 novel of the same name and adapted to be set in the present. The film follows a refugee who impersonates a dead writer in an attempt to flee a fascist state. The film was a critical success and was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christian Petzold](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-petzold)
- **Screenplay:** [Christian Petzold](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-petzold)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stefan Will](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-will)
- **Producer:** [Florian Koerner von Gustorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-koerner-von-gustorf), [Michael Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-weber-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Fromm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-fromm)
- **Editor:** [Bettina Böhler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bettina-bohler)

## Cast

- [Franz Rogowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-rogowski)
- [Justus von Dohnányi](https://cinepixo.com/people/justus-von-dohnanyi)
- [Émilie de Preissac](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilie-de-preissac)
- [Godehard Giese](https://cinepixo.com/people/godehard-giese)
- [Sebastian Hülk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-hulk)
- [Maryam Zaree](https://cinepixo.com/people/maryam-zaree)
- [Àlex Brendemühl](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-brendemuhl)
- [Trystan Pütter](https://cinepixo.com/people/trystan-putter)
- [Barbara Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-auer)
- [Ronald Kukulies](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-kukulies)
- [Paula Beer](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-beer)
- [Matthias Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-brandt)

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