by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This comedy-drama is set in Central Europe during the summer of 1941. Yiddish-speaking Jews purchase a train, forge identity papers, and leave town. Posing as both prisoners and Nazis, they hope to reach Palestine via the Soviet Union, but problems arise when they encounter real Germans.
characteristics
- High Production Values
- Identification
- Life Under Occupation
- Resistance-fighters
- Train [locomotive]
- Forger
- Deceit
- Deception
- Escape
