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The Train poster

The Train (1964)

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.

Release: 1964-09-24
Runtime: 133 min
Rating: 7.583 / 10
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
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Albert Rémy
Didont
Charles Millot
Charles Millot
Pesquet
Richard Münch
Richard Münch
General von Libitz
Jean-Pierre Zola
Jean-Pierre Zola
Octave
Jacques Marin
Jacques Marin
Jacques
Paul Bonifas
Paul Bonifas
Spinet
Jean Bouchaud
Jean Bouchaud
Schmidt
Donald O'Brien
Donald O'Brien
Schwartz
Arthur Brauss
Arthur Brauss
Pilzer
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Jean-Claude Bercq
Major
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
Dietrich
No Image
Louis Falavigna
Railroad Worker