Inspired by true events, Lost Transport is a deeply human story about cohesion and friendship set in the last days of WWII.
April, 1945. A train of 2,500 Jewish prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp stops in a field near a German village and the German soldiers flee from advancing Russian troops, abandoning those onboard. The village quickly turns into a refugee camp, where a forced quarantine only adds fuel to the chaos.
A chance encounter results in a Dutch couple from the train, Simone (European Shooting Star Hanna van Vliet) and Isaac, and Red Army sniper Vera (Eugénie Anselin, Bad Banks) being assigned to stay at the house of distrustful villager Winnie (Anna Bachmann).
As the village is marked by mistrust, despair and resentment, Simone, Vera and Winnie must learn to adapt and find compassion, resulting in an unexpected friendship.
Told from a unique female perspective and shot across Luxembourg and Germany by director Saskia Diesing, Lost Transport is an impactful story of courage and fearlessness.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Stony Brook Film Festival 2022 (Closing Night Film)
"an amazing story of courage and fearlessness"
- Variety
Tuesday 2nd May
98 min
15+
Hanna van Vliet, Eugénie Anselin, Anna Bachmann, Bram Suijker, Konstantin Frolov
Saskia Diesing
Film Festival
German and Dutch with English subtitles, English
Palace Barracks
