The Train

Sep 24, 1964

2h 13m

★ 7.6

It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Thriller

Production Companies

Les Productions Artistes Associés

Les Films Ariane

Dear Film

United Artists

Polyphony Digital

Vides Cinematografica

The Train Trailers

Cast

Paul Labiche

Burt Lancaster

von Waldheim

Paul Scofield

Christine

Jeanne Moreau

Mademoiselle Villard

Suzanne Flon

Papa Boul

Michel Simon

Maj. Herren

Wolfgang Preiss

Didont

Albert Rémy

Pesquet

Charles Millot

General von Lubitz

Richard Münch

Octave

Jean-Pierre Zola

Jacques

Jacques Marin

Spinet

Paul Bonifas

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