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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Plymouth
In Transit -
In Transit is a film about the repatriation of Norwegian volunteers with the SS forces during the Second World War. Visually and thematically poetic the film deals with the factual aftermath of a battle on the Eastern Front, where a potential homecoming of the remains of Norwegian political traitors is the central focus.
The film looks at contemporary issues regarding reconciliation and closure and current politics reconciling painful aspects of recent history.
In Transit explores the repatriation of Norwegian volunteers with the SS forces during the Second World War. It deals with the factual aftermath of a battle on the Eastern Front, where a potential homecoming of the remains of political traitors is the central focus. Set in an area of Karelia on the Russian/Finnish border close to the Arctic Circle, the film is a cinematic investigation of the events of human intervention in an historical landscape where conflicts of the past have taken place.
The film, written, produced and directed by Morstang, was informed by research that included collaboration with forensic archaeologists, historians, and researchers in International Politics.
