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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.
1964 · Directed by John Frankenheimer · 133 min · War · Thriller · 47 frames
Tagline
It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
Crew
- Screenplay: Walter Bernstein, Albert Husson, Franklin Coen, Frank Davis
- Cinematography: Walter Wottitz, Jean Tournier
- Edited by: Gabriel Rongier, David Bretherton
- Music: Maurice Jarre
- Production design: Willy Holt
- Produced by: Jules Bricken
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Paul Labiche
- Paul Scofield as von Waldheim
- Jeanne Moreau as Christine
- Suzanne Flon as Mademoiselle Villard
- Michel Simon as Papa Boul
- Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Herren
- Albert Rémy as Didont
- Charles Millot as Pesquet
- Richard Münch as General von Lubitz
- Jean-Pierre Zola as Octave
Production
- Country: France, Italy, United States of America
- Language: German, English
- Studios: Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane, Dear Film, United Artists
- Budget: $5,800,000
- Box office: $6,800,000
- Themes: france, paris, france, nazi, world war ii, painting, artwork, train hijacking, train crash, french resistance, black and white
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