«New video: 'Transit' is another provocative thriller from director Christian Petzold». Los Angeles Times (på engelsk (USA)). 2019-06-28. Henta 2019-07-25. «Based on Anna Seghers' 1942 novel — which was set in Marseille, France, among refugees desperately waiting for the paperwork that would allow them to flee the Nazi occupation — Petzold's "Transit" takes place in the present-day, but keeps Seghers' plot and characters almost exactly as it is.»
Steinaecker, Thomas von (2018-05-23). «Escape from the Nazis: Anna Seghers's Suspenseful Classic». The New York Review of Books (på engelsk). Henta 2019-07-25. «The breakthrough came with the Hollywood filming. Seghers was paid the fabulous sum of $75,000 in four installments, the last in 1946. This, at least, brought to an end the time of financial distress.»
«Transit». NRK P3 (på norsk). 11. juli 2019. Henta 2019-07-25. «Svaret er at Petzold velger å la fortellingen utspille seg i et slags tidløst univers. Filmen er blottet for dagens moderne teknologi som mobiltelefoner eller andre digitale duppedingser. Samtidig spes det på med små detaljer fra tidsepoken handlingen i Anna Seghers roman opprinnelig var satt i.»
