The Train (1964) - War Movies 133 minutes. A vonat, Toget, O Trem, Le train, El tren. 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. france, paris, france, nazi, world war ii, painting, artwork, hijacking of train, train crash, french resistance, black and white, art thief, art theft
The Train (1964)
A vonat, Toget, O Trem, Le train, El tren-
Released: Sep 24, 1964
Runtime: 133 minutes
: 3.5/10 by 311 users
Crew: Rose Valland (Novel), Franklin Coen (Screenplay), Walter Bernstein (Screenplay), David Bretherton (Editor), Gabriel Rongier (Editor), Albert Husson (Screenplay)
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.
