The Train
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1964
2h 13m
NR
English
War, Thriller
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The Train
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
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Cast
Paul Labiche
von Waldheim
Christine
Mademoiselle Villard
Papa Boul
Maj. Herren
Didont
Pesquet
General von Libitz
Octave
Jacques
Spinet
Schmidt
Schwartz
Pilzer
Major
Dietrich
Railroad Worker
Grote
Robert
Ordnance Officer
Engineer Officer
Corporal
Tauber
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
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dgw
/10 7 years ago
I have to say, the air raid with explosions all around but nothing falling from the sky to cause them was funny from my perspective sitting 50-odd years in the future from when this was filmed. Say what you will about 1960s movies—many of them are still great, but the effects do tend to show their More
Wuchak
4 years ago
**_Burt Lancaster as a French Resistance fighter trying to stop a German train with stolen art_**
Paris is on the verge of liberation from Nazi occupation in 1944, so a German colonel (Paul Scofield) loads a train with a priceless cargo of French paintings to take to Germany, which Resistance fig More
Paris is on the verge of liberation from Nazi occupation in 1944, so a German colonel (Paul Scofield) loads a train with a priceless cargo of French paintings to take to Germany, which Resistance fig More
JPV852
4 years ago
Great war suspense-thriller from John Frankenheimer. Heard of this one but never got around to checking it out, just excellent from beginning to end, not to mention wonderful use of sound design along with Maurice Jarre's score. Performances all around were great, especially Paul Scofield. Surprisin More
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