The Train is a 1964 war movie written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis and directed by John Frankenheimer. It stars Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau.
Art masterpieces looted by the German Army from French museums are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), is an art lover and is desperate to bring the art to Germany.
After the Germans remove the art chosen by von Waldh...
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The Train is a 1964 war movie written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis and directed by John Frankenheimer. It stars Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau.
Art masterpieces looted by the German Army from French museums are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), is an art lover and is desperate to bring the art to Germany.
After the Germans remove the art chosen by von Waldheim from the Jeu de Paume Museum, curator Mademoiselle Villard seeks help from the French Resistance. Given the imminent liberation of Paris by the Allies, they need only delay the train for a few days — still, it is an extremely dangerous operation and it must be done in such a way that does not risk damaging the priceless cargo.
Although the Resistance initially rejects the plan ("We won’t waste lives on paintings"; "Don’t you have copies of them?"), the men have a change of heart after a cantankerous elderly engineer, Papa Boule (Michel...
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