Crossing Europe

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1 hr. 41 min. | Drama

When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he meets a young woman desperate to find her missing husband - the very man he's impersonating.

Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold studied German and theater studies at the Free University in Berlin, then graduated from the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) in 1994. Petzold is one of the leading directors in New German cinema. The German Film Critics Association has twice awarded him Best Film awards (for “Ghosts“ and “The State I Am In”). He was twice named Best Director at the German Film Awards (for the psychological drama “Wolfsburg” and “The State I Am In”).
Languages
German, French
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Produced
2018: Germany, France

Film information

Director
Christian Petzold
Producers
Antonin Dedet, Florian Koerner von Gustorf
Screenplay
Christian Petzold
Music
Stefan Will
Cinematography
Hans Fromm
Cast
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese
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