

The Train 1964
"It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!"
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
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast

Burt Lancaster
Paul Labiche

Paul Scofield
von Waldheim

Jeanne Moreau
Christine

Suzanne Flon
Mademoiselle Villard

Michel Simon
Papa Boul

Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Herren

Albert RΓ©my
Didont

Charles Millot
Pesquet

Richard MΓΌnch
General von Lubitz

Jean-Pierre Zola
Octave




