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The Train
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1964 film by Arthur Penn, John Frankenheimer, Bernard Farrel
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The Train is a 1964 black-and-white thriller, drama, war, and action film directed by John Frankenheimer and Arthur Penn. The screenplay was written by Walter Bernstein and Nedrick Young, with cinematography by Jean Tournier and Walter Wottitz. The cast includes Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, and Michel Simon. Maurice Jarre composed the score, and David Bretherton served as film editor.
Produced by United Artists and other companies, the movie originated in the United States, Italy, and France. It is set in Paris during 1944, focusing on World War II and Nazi activities involving paintings. The narrative takes place on a train. The film was released in various dates in 1964 and has a runtime of 133 minutes. It was distributed by United Artists and Netflix via video on demand.
The Train was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It holds a vote average of 7.604 on TMDb and a rating of 7.8 on IMDb. The production had a budget of 5,800,000 and generated a revenue of 6,800,000. Its tagline states, "It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!"
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Film · TMDB
7.6As 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.
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Paul Labiche
- Paul Scofield as von Waldheim
- Jeanne Moreau as Christine
- Suzanne Flon as Mademoiselle Villard
- Michel Simon as Papa Boul
- Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Herren
Themes
- france
- paris, france
- nazi
- world war ii
- painting
- artwork
- train hijacking
- train crash
- french resistance
- black and white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Arthur Penn
- Cast member
- Victor Beaumont
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Walter Wottitz
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 255129
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Train (1964 film) trailer 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Train (1964 film)
- publication date
- 1965-03-07
- title
- The Train
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1944
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- train
- review score
- 94%
- capital cost
- 5800000
- box office
- 6800000
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