The Train (1964)
It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Burt Lancaster
as Paul Labiche
-
Paul Scofield
as von Waldheim
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Jeanne Moreau
as Christine
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Suzanne Flon
as Mademoiselle Villard
-
Michel Simon
as Papa Boul
-
Wolfgang Preiss
as Maj. Herren
-
Albert Rémy
as Didont
-
Charles Millot
as Pesquet
-
Richard Münch
as General von Lubitz
-
Jean-Pierre Zola
as Octave
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Jacques Marin
as Jacques
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Paul Bonifas
as Spinet
-
Jean Bouchaud
as Schmidt
-
Donald O'Brien
as Schwartz
-
Arthur Brauss
as Pilzer
- Jean-Claude Bercq as Major
-
Howard Vernon
as Dietrich
- Louis Falavigna as Railroad Worker
Crew
-
John Frankenheimer
Director
- Walter Wottitz Director of Photography
- Jean Tournier Director of Photography
- Gabriel Rongier Editor
- David Bretherton Editor
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Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
- Jules Bricken Producer
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Walter Bernstein
Screenplay
- Albert Husson Screenplay
- Franklin Coen Screenplay
- Frank Davis Screenplay
-
Nedrick Young
Screenplay
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