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''Der Letzte Zug'' (''The Last Train'') is a German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their film ''Film/{{Stalingrad 1993}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.

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''Der Letzte Zug'' (''The Last Train'') is a 2006 German Holocaust [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their film ''Film/{{Stalingrad 1993}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.
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In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''. The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.

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In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''.''Judenrein'' ("cleared of Jews"). The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.
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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their film ''Film/{{Stalingrad 1993}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.

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''"The ''Der Letzte Zug'' (''The Last Train"''. Train'') is a German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their film ''Film/{{Stalingrad 1993}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: SS-Obersturmführer Crewes.
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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.

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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}''), ''Film/{{Stalingrad 1993}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.
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In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''. The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.

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In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to AdolfHitler, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''. The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.
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* TalkToTheFist: Crewes himself gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.

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* TalkToTheFist: Crewes himself gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.awesome.
* VillainousBreakdown: The normally [[DissonantSerenity calm]] Crewes throws a tantrum and mindlessly brandishes his gun despite being hopelessly outnumbered when he is confronted by the utterly unexpected defiance of a Wehrmacht unit.
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* LaResistance: [[spoiler: The Polish resistance show up near the end to rescue Nina and Ruth]].

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* LaResistance: The characters witness a group of suspected partisans being hanged. And at the end of the film, [[spoiler: The the Polish resistance show up near the end to rescue Nina and Ruth]].
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--> '''Lea:''' To protect us.

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--> '''Lea:''' ''(beat)'' To protect us.

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* TalkToTheFist: When Crewes interrogates Henry about the escaped prisoners, the latter attempts to answer his questions, but is interrupted by Crewes repeatedly slapping him in the face [[KickTheDog for no apparent reason]].
** Later, Crewes himself gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.

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* TalkToTheFist: When Crewes interrogates Henry about the escaped prisoners, the latter attempts to answer his questions, but is interrupted by Crewes repeatedly slapping him in the face [[KickTheDog for no apparent reason]].
** Later,
Crewes himself gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.
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* MexicanStandoff: When a group of Wehrmacht soldiers approach the train and start giving food to the prisoners, the SS guards attempt to intervene and the situation escalates until the the two groups are staring down each others' loaded weapons.
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* TalkToTheFist: When Crewes interrogates Henry about the escaped prisoners, the latter attempts to answer his questions, but is interrupted by Crewes repeatedly slapping him in the face [[ForTheEvulz for no apparent reason]].

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* TalkToTheFist: When Crewes interrogates Henry about the escaped prisoners, the latter attempts to answer his questions, but is interrupted by Crewes repeatedly slapping him in the face [[ForTheEvulz [[KickTheDog for no apparent reason]].

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* TalkToTheFist: Crewes gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.

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* TalkToTheFist: When Crewes interrogates Henry about the escaped prisoners, the latter attempts to answer his questions, but is interrupted by Crewes repeatedly slapping him in the face [[ForTheEvulz for no apparent reason]].
** Later, Crewes himself
gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.
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* [[ScreamingPlaneBaby Screaming Train Baby]]

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* [[ScreamingPlaneBaby Screaming Train Baby]]Baby]]
* TalkToTheFist: Crewes gets this from a beautifully dismissive Wehrmacht Lieutenant. And it's awesome.
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* MexicanStandoff: When a group of Wehrmacht soldiers approach the train and start giving food to the prisoners, the SS guards attempt to intervene and the situation escalates until the the two groups are staring down each others' loaded weapons.
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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}'', and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.

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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}'', ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}''), and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.

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* PetTheDog: SS-Obersturmführer Crewes gives Nina a sweet and speaks kindly to her, but given the context, it comes off more creepy than anything else. The comment he makes about what a pretty little girl she is doesn't help... And in any case, his very next act is to shoot an old man for daring to request water.

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* PetTheDog: SS-Obersturmführer Crewes gives Nina a sweet and speaks kindly to her, but given the context, it comes off more creepy than anything else. The comment he makes about what a pretty little girl she is doesn't help... And in any case, his very next act is to shoot an old man for daring to request water.water.
* [[ScreamingPlaneBaby Screaming Train Baby]]
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* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring]]

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* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring]]OffingTheOffspring]]
* PetTheDog: SS-Obersturmführer Crewes gives Nina a sweet and speaks kindly to her, but given the context, it comes off more creepy than anything else. The comment he makes about what a pretty little girl she is doesn't help... And in any case, his very next act is to shoot an old man for daring to request water.
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* AdultFear: The children are among the first to succumb to dehydration and illness, while their imprisoned parents can do little more than watch helplessly and rely on the capricious mercy of the guards. To say nothing of the question constantly haunting them - if the Jews are being sent to "work camps", what will happen to the children, who cannot work?
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* MercyKill: In a particularly disturbing rendition of this trope, Erika, [[spoiler: unable to produce any more breast milk, smothers her own baby rather than allow him to slowly starve]].

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* MercyKill: In a particularly disturbing rendition of this trope, Erika, [[spoiler: unable to produce any more breast milk, smothers her own baby rather than allow him to slowly starve]].starve]].
* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring]]
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* LaResistance: [[spoiler: The Polish resistance show up near the end to rescue Nina and Ruth]].

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* LaResistance: [[spoiler: The Polish resistance show up near the end to rescue Nina and Ruth]].Ruth]].
* MercyKill: In a particularly disturbing rendition of this trope, Erika, [[spoiler: unable to produce any more breast milk, smothers her own baby rather than allow him to slowly starve]].
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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}''.

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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}''.
''Film/{{Stalingrad}}'', and produced by Artur Brauner, himself a Holocaust survivor.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted, as par for the course in a Holocaust film.

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* InfantImmortality: Averted, as par for the course in a Holocaust film.film.
* LaResistance: [[spoiler: The Polish resistance show up near the end to rescue Nina and Ruth]].

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''"The Last Train"''. In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''. The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.

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''"The Last Train"''. German Holocaust drama directed by husband and wife team Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová (best known for their 1993 film ''Film/{{Stalingrad}}''.

In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''. The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.
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--> '''Lea:''' To protect us.

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--> '''Lea:''' To protect us.us.
* InfantImmortality: Averted, as par for the course in a Holocaust film.
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''"The Last Train"''. In April 1943, as a "birthday present" to AdolfHitler, the last Jews of Berlin are loaded onto a train bound for Auschwitz and the city is declared ''Judenrein''. The film follows the attempts of the inhabitants of one of the cars to endure the six-day journey in horrific conditions. Among them are Henry and Lea Naumann and their two small children, young lovers Alfred Rosen and Ruth Zilbermann, elderly couple and former cabaret duo Jakob Nuschik and Gabrielle Hellmann, and Erika Freidlich, a new mother accompanied by her father Dr Friedlich.

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* AlliterativeName: Nina Naumann.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: SS-Obersturmführer Crewes.
* FalseReassurance: Oh so very much, with Lea Naumann being a particularly bad offender, typified by this early exchange between little Nina Naumann and her mother.
--> '''Nina:''' Why do the men have guns?
--> '''Lea:''' To protect us.

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