The Train
The Train
Release: 1964-09-24
·Runtime: 133m
·★ 7.5
War
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
United States of America
Production Companies
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Les Films Ariane
Dear Film
United Artists
Polyphony Digital
Vides Cinematografica
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Paul Scofield
as von Waldheim
Charles Millot
as Pesquet
Jacques Marin
as Jacques
Donald O'Brien
as Schwartz
Gérard Buhr
as Corporal
Suzanne Flon
as Mademoiselle Villard
Richard Münch
as General von Libitz
Jean-Pierre Zola
as Octave
Arthur Brauss
as Pilzer
Howard Vernon
as Dietrich
Roger Lumont
as Engineer Officer
Albert Rémy
as Didont
Richard Bailey
as Grote
Jean Bouchaud
as Schmidt
Burt Lancaster
as Paul Labiche
Jeanne Moreau
as Christine
Michel Simon
as Papa Boul
Wolfgang Preiss
as Maj. Herren
Paul Bonifas
as Spinet
