Movie · 133 min · PG · act, trl, war, eur
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.
Where to watch The Train
Available on 3 platforms across 1 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #720 in New Zealand.
- New Zealand #720
Available languages
Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, NN, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Chart history
The Train has spent 0 days in a top 3, 0 days in a top 10 and 3 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #20.
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss, Albert Rémy, Charles Millot, Richard Münch, Jean-Pierre Zola, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O'Brien, Arthur Brauss, Jean-Claude Bercq, Howard Vernon, Louis Falavigna
Crew
John Frankenheimer (director), Walter Bernstein (screenplay), Albert Husson (screenplay), Franklin Coen (screenplay), Frank Davis (screenplay), Jules Bricken (producer), Nedrick Young (screenplay), Howard Dimsdale (screenplay)
Awards
0 wins from 1 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 1966 — nominated