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Les Films Ariane
Dear Film
United Artists
Polyphony Digital
Vides Cinematografica
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.
Key Crew
Director: John Frankenheimer
Screenplay: Walter Bernstein, Albert Husson, Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, Nedrick Young
Director of Photography: Walter Wottitz, Jean Tournier
Producer: Jules Bricken
Top Cast
Burt Lancaster
Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield
von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau
Christine
Suzanne Flon
Mademoiselle Villard
Michel Simon
Papa Boul
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Herren
Albert Rémy
Didont
Charles Millot
Pesquet
Videos
The Train Theatrical Trailer (1964)
