The Train(Movie, 1964)

Name: The Train
Genre: Thriller, War, Action
Released: 1964
Duration: T02:13:00
Rating: 3.8

| 2h 13min | Genres: Thriller, War, Action

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 129 votes)

The Train is a 1964 war film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau. The picture's screenplay—written by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, and Walter Bernstein—is loosely based on the non-fiction book Le front de l'art by Rose Valland, who documented the works of art placed in storage that had been looted by Nazi Germany from museums and private art collections. Arthur Penn was The Train's original director, but was replaced by Frankenheimer three days after filming had begun. Set in August 1944 during World War II, it pits French Resistance-member Paul Labiche (Lancaster) against German Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Scofield), who is attempting to move stolen art masterpieces by train to Germany. Inspiration for the scenes of the train's interception came from the real-life events... ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Train

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

About The Train

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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: France, Italy, United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Paris

Made by: Les Productions Artistes Associés, United Artists, Les Films Ariane, Dear Film Produzione

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/07/1965 (World premiere: 09/24/1964)

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss, Howard Vernon, Suzanne Flon, Richard Münch, Jacques Marin, Donald O'Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola, Arthur Brauss, Albert Rémy, Charles Millot, Gérard Buhr, Jean Bouchaud, Jean-Claude Bercq, Paul Bonifas, Roger Lumont, Bernard Lajarrige, Michel Tureau, Daniel Lecourtois, Michel Charrel, Helmo Kindermann, Nick Dimitri, Victor Beaumont

Director: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn

Screenwriter: Franklin Coen, Walter Bernstein, Nedrick Young, Frank Davis, Howard Dimsdale

Film Editor: David Bretherton, Gabriel Rongier

Director of Photography: Jean Tournier, Walter Wottitz

Composer: Maurice Jarre

Costume designer: Jean Zay

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Trem"

"Toget"

"Le train"

"A vonat"

Keywords: nazi, hijacking of train, paris, france, artwork, france, black and white, train crash, french resistance, art theft, painting, art thief, world war ii

Budget: 5,800,000 USD

Revenue: 6,800,000 USD (= 117%)

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Train(Movie, 1964)

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