Transport from Paradise explained

Transport from Paradise
Director:	Zbyněk Brynych
Starring:	Zdeněk Štěpánek Ilja Prachař
Music:	Jiří Sternwald
Cinematography:	Jan Čuřík
Editing:	Miroslav Hájek
Studio:	Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributor:	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Runtime:	92 minutes
Country:	Czechoslovakia
Language:	Czech

Transport from Paradise ('''Transport z ráje''') is a 1962 Czech drama film directed by Zbyněk Brynych. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Zdeněk Štěpánek as Council of Elders leader David Löwenbach
• Ilja Prachař as Obersturmführer SA Moritz Herz
• Ladislav Pešek as Prisoner Hynek Roubíček
• Jindřich Narenta as SS general Josef Knecht
• Vlastimil Brodský as Servant
• Čestmír Řanda as Ignatz Marmulstaub
• Jiří Vršťala as Driver Binde
• Jaroslav Raušer as Camp commander von Holler
• Valtr Taub as Prisoner Joachim Spiegel
• Martin Gregor as Cabaretier Kurt Gerron
• Josef Abrhám as Datel
• Josef Vinklář as Vágus
• Jiřina Štěpničková as Prisoner Elisabeth Feinerová
• Juraj Herz as Mylord

Release

It was released on DVD in the UK in March 2014.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winners of the Golden Leopard . 12 August 2012 . Locarno. https://web.archive.org/web/20090719031720/http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/Festival/History/Winners-of-the-Golden-Leopard/lang/en. 19 July 2009.
2. Web site: Second Run DVD To Release UK DVD Premiere of Zbyněk Brynych's 'Transport from Paradise' on 10 March, 2014. 8 February 2014.