CARGO / DER TRANSPORT Directed by
Christina Tournatzés Germany 2019 - Duration: 15 minutes - Language: Arabic, Bulgarian, English
Director:
Christina Tournatzés Screenplay: Christina Tournatzés
Cinematography: Alexander Gruber Producer: Matthias Nerlich, Felix Parson, Patricia D'Intino, Leo Pintér Art Direction: Annalena Schwarz Costume Design: Milica Živanović Sound: Csaba Attila Erȍs Editor: Ursula Ambach Sound Design: Tschangis Chahrokh, Daniel Bautista, Julian Riegl
Cast: Ovanes Torosyan, Yordan Danchev, Zainab Alsawah, Bader Khlifi, Nóra
Mohi
Synopsis
At dawn smugglers load 71 people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran onto a truck to drive them from Hungary to Germany. During the journey the truck driver faces a dilemma. He hears the people scream and beg for help but receives an order to not open the doors to the cargo area. The true story happened in August 2015 in Hungary and Austria.
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CHRISTINA TOURNATZÉS
Christina Tournatzés studied film and television in Munich. She has been directing short documentaries and fiction shorts since 2015. The short film “Cargo” (2019) is her Thesis Movie.