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The Train

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.

1964 |2h 13m |  War, Thriller

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Cast

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Burt Lancaster

Paul Labiche

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Paul Scofield

von Waldheim

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Jeanne Moreau

Christine

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Suzanne Flon

Mademoiselle Villard

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Michel Simon

Papa Boul

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Wolfgang Preiss

Maj. Herren

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Charles Millot

Pesquet

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Richard Münch

General von Libitz

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Jean-Pierre Zola

Octave

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Jacques Marin

Jacques

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Paul Bonifas

Spinet

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Donald O'Brien

Schwartz

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Arthur Brauss

Pilzer

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Howard Vernon

Dietrich

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Richard Bailey

Grote

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Roger Lumont

Engineer Officer

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Gérard Buhr

Corporal

More Details

Status

Released

Language

German, English

Budget

$5,800,000.00

Revenue

$6,800,000.00