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7.5/10 • 327

1964-09-24 • 2h 13m

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It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

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.

Directors
John Frankenheimer
Editors
Gabriel Rongier

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  1. Burt Lancaster

    Burt Lancaster

    Paul Labiche

  2. Paul Scofield

    Paul Scofield

    von Waldheim

  3. Jeanne Moreau

    Jeanne Moreau

    Christine

  4. Suzanne Flon

    Suzanne Flon

    Mademoiselle Villard

  5. Michel Simon

    Michel Simon

    Papa Boul

  6. Wolfgang Preiss

    Wolfgang Preiss

    Maj. Herren

  7. Albert Rémy

    Albert Rémy

    Didont

  8. Charles Millot

    Charles Millot

    Pesquet

  9. Richard Münch

    Richard Münch

    General von Libitz

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Wuchak

Aug 8, 2020

7/10

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 fighters led by engineer Labiche (Burt Lancaster) are intent on stopping. Jeanne Moreau is on hand as a hotel owner. “The Train” (1964) is a B&W war picture with the unconventional tone of contemporaneous WW2 films “The Young Lions” (1958), “36 Hours” (1964) and “Morituri” (1965). The story starts slow, but becomes increasingly compelling with lots of non-CGI carnage involving tracks and trains. The last act is creative and leaves you with the question: How many lives is art worth? Lovers of steam locomotives should eat this up. The film runs 2 hours, 12 minutes and was shot in France. GRADE: B

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5,800,000.00
Revenue
$6,800,000.00
Keywords
franceparis, francenaziworld war iipaintingartworkhijacking of traintrain crashfrench resistanceblack and whiteart thiefart theftnazi train