The Train

The Train

1964 · 133 min · EN · NR · 7.5 (273 votes)
Dir. John Frankenheimer · Starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss · Music Maurice Jarre

It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

WarThriller

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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A nail-biting wartime thriller where every ticking second counts. The tension builds as a desperate race against time unfolds to protect priceless art from falling into enemy hands. It's a gripping cat-and-mouse game set against the backdrop of a collapsing regime.

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