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The Train: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon. In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
- (19K)
- Action, Thriller, War
- John Frankenheimer
- 1965-03-07
The Train is a 1964 war film directed by John Frankenheimer [1] 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 ...
In August 1944 (1511th day of the German occupation), masterpieces of modern art stolen by the Wehrmacht are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel Franz Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), is determined to take the paintings to Germany, no matter what the cost.
The Train, American war film, released in 1964, that is an exciting and intelligent thriller set during World War II. It is noted for John Frankenheimer’s direction and for strong performances by a cast that included Paul Scofield and Burt Lancaster.
