Overview - The Train
Date of release
Budget
$5,800,000.00
Revenue
$6,800,000.00
Spoken Languages
- Deutsch
- English
Production companies
Name: Les Productions Artistes Associés
Production country France
Name: Les Films Ariane
Production country France
Name: Dear Film
Production country Italy
Name: United Artists
Production country United States of America
Name: Polyphony Digital
Production country
Name: Vides Cinematografica
Production country Italy
Overview
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
Name: Burt Lancaster
Character: Paul Labiche
Popularity: 11.247
Name: Paul Scofield
Character: von Waldheim
Popularity: 3.094
Name: Jeanne Moreau
Character: Christine
Popularity: 6.993
Name: Suzanne Flon
Character: Mademoiselle Villard
Popularity: 2.909
Name: Michel Simon
Character: Papa Boul
Popularity: 1.141
Name: Wolfgang Preiss
Character: Maj. Herren
Popularity: 4.138
Name: Albert Rémy
Character: Didont
Popularity: 2.157
Name: Charles Millot
Character: Pesquet
Popularity: 2.499
