Main Cast: Zdenek Stepanek, Cestmir Randa, Ilja Prachar
Release Year: 1962
Country: CS
Run Time: 93 minutes
Plot
Originally Transport Z Raje, the Czechoslovakian Transport from Paradise is set in an unusual World War II concentration camp. The lax Nazi guards permit their Jewish prisoners to roam freely about the camp and conduct their own business and social affairs, without the threat of instant extermination looming over their heads. The prisoners' main fear is that they may at any moment be shipped off to one of the death camps. In the film's incredibly heartbreaking climax, a group of prisoners willingly board a train to Auschwitz, laboring under the delusion that they are being sent to another "paradise" camp at the behest of the Council of Jewish Elders. Though it stretches credibility at times, Transport from Paradise is purportedly based on a true story. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Zdenek Stepanek - Lowenbach
Cestmir Randa - Marmulstaub
Ilja Prachar - Moric Herz
Vlastimil Brodský - Mukl; Vaclav Lohnisky - Man at the Smithy; Jindrich Narenta - Gen. Knecht; Miroslav Svoboda - Mayer; Walter Taub - Spiegel; Juraj Herz - Mylord; Ladislav Pesek - Roubicek; Helga Cockova - Lizinka; Vladimir Hrabanek - Zrzek; Jiri Nemecek - Vlastimil Fiala; Ladislav Potmesil - Kuzle; Marta Richterova - Anna; Josef Vinklar - Vagus; Josef Abrhám - Datel; Frederick Vroom - Binde
Credit
Karel Skvor - Art Director, Zbynek Brynych - Director, Miroslav Hajek - Editor, Jiri Sternwald - Composer (Music Score), Jan Curik - Cinematographer, Zbynek Brynych - Screenwriter, Arnost Lustig - Screenwriter, Arnost Lustig - Book Author
