The Train
It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
- Thriller
- War
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.
Keywords
- paris
- france
- nazi
- world war ii
- black and white
- painting
- hijacking of train
- train crash
- art thief
- art theft
- artwork
- french resistance
- train hijacking
- paris, france
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 24, 1964
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- France, Italy, United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,Les Films Ariane,Les Productions Artistes Associés,Vides Cinematografica,Dear Film,Polyphony Digital
- Cast
- Burt Lancaster,Paul Scofield,Jeanne Moreau,Suzanne Flon,Michel Simon,Wolfgang Preiss,Albert Rémy,Charles Millot,Richard Münch,Jean-Pierre Zolaand 14 more
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Writer
- Walter Bernstein,Albert Husson,Rose Valland,Franklin Coen,Frank Davis,Nedrick Young,Howard Dimsdale
- Producer
- Jules Bricken
- Cinematography
- Walter Wottitz,Jean Tournier
- Music
- Maurice Jarre
- Budget
- $5,800,000
- Revenue
- $6,800,000
- IMDb
- tt0059825