The Train

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The Train

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IMDB Page (external link)

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Writer:

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Rose Valland (book),Franklin Coen,Frank Davis,Walter Bernstein (uncredited),Albert Husson (french version, uncredited)

Related Topics:
Rose Valland - Franklin Coen - Frank Davis - Walter Bernstein - Albert Husson

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Starring:

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Burt Lancaster,Paul Scofield,Jeanne Moreau,Suzanne Flon

Related Topics:
Burt Lancaster - Paul Scofield - Jeanne Moreau - Suzanne Flon

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Director:

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John Frankenheimer

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Music by:

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Maurice Jarre

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Distributor:

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Release Date:

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1964 (USA)

Related Topics:
1964 - USA

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Runtime:

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133 min.

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Language:

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English

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The Train is a 1964 war movie written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on a book by Rose Valland. It starred Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield. It is set at the end of World War II and follows a group of the French Resistance's attempts to stop a Nazi officer from taking many great works of art from France back to Germany.

Related Topics:
1964 - War movie - Franklin Coen - Frank Davis - John Frankenheimer - Rose Valland - Burt Lancaster - Paul Scofield - World War II - French Resistance - Nazi

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At the end of WWII, when the Germans were pulling out of France, the French Resistance hear that a Nazi officer is taking a trainload of modern paintings from the Jeu de Paume Museum with him. Burt Lancaster, playing railway inspector Labiche and part of the Resistance, and his comrades at first are reluctant to risk human lives simply to save paintings. But, convinced that the heritage of France and a symbol of civilisation is being dragged back to the lair of the evil and uncivilised, the men decide to act. In a series of clever and often elaborate ruses, the Resistance men of the French railway convince the Germans that the train has crossed into Germany, when in fact it has been shunted throughout France. There is a tiny sliver of romance and sex as Lancaster's Labiche crossed idealogical swords with Jeanne Moreau's hotel owner, but the focus is on the determination and courage of the practical men of the French railroad. Lancaster's physicality is quietly underlined by simple scenes, such as where he is hand-casting engine parts, pointing up a world of mechanics and engineering we have lost. In the end, Paul Scofield's German officer, Franz von Waldheim, and Labiche face each other, the German knowing he has lost, but taunts Labiche with the fact that so many French men have died and whether their sacrifice is worth it in Labiche's eyes. Labiche's answer is to kill him, but we, the audience, are left to ponder the names of the painters. Are Matisee, Picasso, Braque etc. worth men's lives? What is it that we defend when we defend civilisation? Why is Art a trophy for conquering armies, and where does Art fit in the self-definition of a nation? The film's stark black and white photography both give the story an historical feel and give it dramatic starkness.

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