When does the Filmforum Escape Route to Marseille – Part 2 take place?

The event takes place on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, from 19:30 to 21:30.

Where will the film be shown?

The screening takes place at the Parktheater Lindau, Zwanzigerstraße 3, 88131 Lindau.

How much is the admission?

Admission costs €9 per person.

How long is the film?

The film has a runtime of 93 minutes. Together with the subsequent discussion, the evening lasts about two hours.

Is there a discussion after the screening?

Yes. After the film, Karlheinz Roesch and Markus Breitwieser will discuss the soundtrack and the historical background. Klaus Amann from Filmforum Bregenz will moderate.

In which language will the film be shown?

The film will be shown in its original version with subtitles.

Flight, Exile, and Memory: This Film Evening in Lindau Resonates Long After

Name: Filmforum: Escape Route to Marseille – Part 2
Start: 2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-11T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Parktheater Lindau

Escape Route to Marseille – an intense film forum about flight and exile

The Filmforum Bregenz presents the second part of Escape Route to Marseille at the Parktheater Lindau. The German-French film from 1977 traces historical escape routes of German emigrants in France in 1940/41 and combines cinematic research with motifs from Anna Seghers’ novel Transit.

Images, Landscapes, and Memories

With a runtime of 93 minutes, the film unfolds its impact through moving and speaking photographs, precise observations, and a restrained, independent soundtrack. Landscapes and cities become historical spaces of memory, where traces of persecution, hope, and uncertain future overlap.

Anna Seghers’ Transit as a Leitmotif

At the center is the escape route of German emigration through France. The novel Transit serves as the guiding motif for a cinematic journey that focuses on the principle of progression and discovery. Images and sounds are given space to resonate and to draw the eye to details that only fully reveal themselves in calm.

Film Screening with Subsequent Discussion

After the projection, Karlheinz Roesch, who was responsible for the film's soundtrack, and Markus Breitwieser will discuss the historical background. Breitwieser will present Uwe Wittstock's book Marseille 1940 – The Great Escape of Literature. Klaus Amann from Filmforum Bregenz will moderate the discussion and open the evening for questions from the audience.

Special Film Historical Recognition

The restoration and digitization by the Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin, the Goethe-Institut, and the Filmmuseum Munich underscores the film historical significance of this work. Among other things, it features footage with Katharina Thalbach, Rüdiger Vogler, and eyewitnesses. The musical arrangement ranges from Pablo Casals’ The Song of the Birds to Johann Sebastian Bach to deliberate silence.

Conclusion: An Evening Between Cinema, History, and Discussion

The event combines focused film viewing with historical context and personal exchange. Visitors can expect a quiet, resonant event experience about flight, exile, memory, and the power of documentary images. Those wishing to experience film history and literature in a special cinema atmosphere will find an evening with lasting audience mood at the Parktheater Lindau.