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The Train

1964·133'

John Frankenheimer

WarThriller

★ 7.6

Letterboxd TMDB #3482

It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

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

Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield Paul Scofield von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Christine
Suzanne Flon Suzanne Flon Mademoiselle Villard
Michel Simon Michel Simon Papa Boul
Wolfgang Preiss Wolfgang Preiss Maj. Herren
Albert Rémy Albert Rémy Didont
Charles Millot Charles Millot Pesquet
Richard Münch Richard Münch General von Lubitz
Jean-Pierre Zola Jean-Pierre Zola Octave
Jacques Marin Jacques Marin Jacques
Paul Bonifas Paul Bonifas Spinet

Screenings in Brussels

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