Night Train to Lisbon (film)

Night Train to Lisbon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBille August
Written by
  • Greg Latter
  • Ulrich Herrmann
Based onNight Train to Lisbon
by Pascal Mercier
Produced by
  • Andreas Knoblauch
  • Michael Lehmann
  • Kerstin Ramcke
  • Peter Reichenbach
  • Gunther Russ
  • Benjamin Seikel
StarringJeremy Irons
CinematographyFilip Zumbrunn
Edited byHansjörg Weißbrich
Music byAnnette Focks
Production
companies
  • Studio Hamburg FilmProduktion
  • C-Films AG
  • Cinemate
  • K5 International
  • TMG
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 13 February 2013 (2013-02-13) (Berlin)
  • 7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) (Germany)
  • 6 December 2013 (2013-12-06) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Switzerland
  • Portugal
LanguageEnglish

Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the 2004 novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann, the film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life.[1] The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ Meza, Ed (11 May 2010). "Bille August boards 'Night Train'". Variety.
  2. ^ "Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete". berlinale. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.