The film observes two Italians, the director's parents. The main theme is a balance of over twenty years of life abroad: what were the reasons, goals, desires, etc. of emigration, and which ones have come about? Emigration is a chronicle of two days of their (our) life, with work, leisure time, thoughts.

Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.

本片荣获“第九届两岸关系暨大陆新闻报导优胜奖”。真实记录1949大败退与动荡的迁徒。 台湾“二二八”事件,蒋介石败退台湾,迁徒中的动荡命运,黄金、故宫文物大转移,白色恐怖笼罩下的台湾。 1949年中华人民共和国成立;那一个,蒋介石及国府军队节节溃败,并最终导致了中国近代最大规模的大迁徒。 本片由凤凰卫视倾力制作,以翔实珍贵的影像资料和当事人的访谈,记录了1949年前后,200万人从大陆迁往台湾那一段令人动容的动荡大迁徒,并首次披露了许多鲜为人知的历史秘密。 揭开这段尘封的历史,看历史长河中的迁徒悲歌。