The Train — Official Trailer

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 …

Cast & Crew

Directed by John Frankenheimer

• Burt Lancaster
  as Paul Labiche
• Paul Scofield
  as von Waldheim
• Jeanne Moreau
  as Christine
• Suzanne Flon
  as Mademoiselle Villard
• Michel Simon
  as Papa Boul
• Wolfgang Preiss
  as Maj. Herren

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