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The Train (1964)  link to The Train on IMDb  

Number: 2385

poster The Train

IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (11440 votes)

Country: France, 140 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German

Genre(s): Thriller, War

Director(s): John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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:

photo Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster Paul Labiche
photo Paul Scofield Paul Scofield Colonel Franz Von Waldheim
photo Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Christine
photo Suzanne Flon Suzanne Flon Mlle. Villard
photo Michel Simon Michel Simon Papa Boule

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.66:1