The Train
"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.
About The Train (1964)
The Train (1964) is a war and thriller movie produced by Les Productions Artistes Associés in France. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and written by Walter Bernstein and Albert Husson. On screen you will see Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon and Michel Simon. With a runtime of 2h 13m, the film averages 7.6/10 across 393 TMDB ratings. It was made on a budget of $5,800,000 and went on to gross $6,800,000 worldwide.
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