The Train

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-03-07

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

France, Italy, USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (9352 Reviews)

Director:

John Frankenheimer Arthur Penn

Genres:

Thriller War Action

Cast:

Burt Lancaster Paul Scofield Jeanne Moreau Suzanne Flon

Writer:

Franklin Coen (screen story)

Frank Davis (screen story)

Franklin Coen (screenplay)

Frank Davis (screenplay)

Rose Valland (book)

Fullplot:

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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