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The Train ()

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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.
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Paul Labiche
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Colonel Franz Von Waldheim
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Christine
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Mademoiselle Villard
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Papa Boule
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Major Herren
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Didont (as Albert Remy)
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Pesquet
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General Von Lubitz (as Richard Munch)
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Jacques - Rive-Reine Station Master
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Spinet - Resistance Leader
Jean Bouchaud ...
Captain Schmidt
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Sergeant Schwartz (as Donal O'Brien)
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Octave
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Pilzer (as Art Brauss)
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Major (as Jean-Claude Berco)
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Corporal Dietrich
Louis Falavigna ...
Railroad Worker
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Grote
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Robert - Jacques' Nephew
Helmo Kindermann ...
Ordnance Officer
Roger Lumont ...
Engineer Officer
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Corporal (as Gerard Buhr)
Christian Rémy ...
Tauber - Schmidt's Aide (as Christian Remy)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Jacques Blot ...
Hubert (uncredited)
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Pointsman with Labiche (uncredited)
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German Soldier (uncredited)
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German Train Engineer (uncredited)
Max Fromm ...
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
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Bernard - Doctor (uncredited)
Jean-Jacques Leconte ...
Lieutenant of Retreating Convoy (uncredited)
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Priest (uncredited)
Wolfgang Sauer ...
Minor Role (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Frankenheimer
Arthur Penn ... (uncredited) (fired afer a few days work due to creative differences)

Written by

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Franklin Coen ... (screen story) and
Frank Davis ... (screen story)
 
Franklin Coen ... (screenplay) and
Frank Davis ... (screenplay)
 
Rose Valland ... (based upon "Le Front De L'Art" by)
 
Walter Bernstein ... () (uncredited)
 
Howard Dimsdale ... () (uncredited)
 
Albert Husson ... () (uncredited)
 
Nedrick Young ... () (uncredited)

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Robert Benjamin ... producer (uncredited)
Jules Bricken ... producer
Franco Cristaldi ... producer (uncredited)
Georges Dancigers ... producer (uncredited)
Bernard Farrel ... associate producer
Robert Haggiag ... producer (uncredited)
Arthur Krim ... producer (uncredited)
Alexandre Mnouchkine ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by

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Jean Tournier ... (photographed by)
Walter Wottitz ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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David Bretherton
Gabriel Rongier ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Willy Holt

Makeup Department

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Georges Bouban ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Serge Lebeau ... unit manager
Robert Velin ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Bernard Farrel ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Marc Frédérix ... assistant production designer (as Marc Frederix)
Roger Volper ... assistant production designer

Sound Department

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Jacques Carrère ... re-recording
Joseph de Bretagne ... sound (as Joseph De Bretagne)
Jacques Maumont ... re-recording

Special Effects by

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Lee Zavitz ... special effects

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Jean Fouchet ... optical effects (as Jean Fouchet F.L)

Stunts

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Burt Lancaster ... stunt performer (uncredited)
Roland Urban ... stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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André Domage ... camera operator (as Andre Dommage)
Vincent Rossell ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jean Zay ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Maurice Jarre ... conductor

Additional Crew

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Jules Bricken ... presents
Arthur Penn ... original director: left after a few days (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines They bombed it. They strafed it. Sabotaged it. Cursed the train! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Train (France)
  • Il treno (Italy)
  • John Frankenheimer's The Train (United States)
  • John Frankenheimer's The Train (United Kingdom)
  • El tren (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 133 min
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Box Office

Budget $6,700,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $6,000,000

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Trivia Burt Lancaster performs all of his own stunts in this movie. Albert Rémy also gets into the act by performing the stunt of uncoupling the engine from the paintings train on a real moving train. See more »
Goofs When the German officer in the train thinks they've arrived in Germany, he takes a look at his map and we see Strasbourg (Alsace, France), the France-Germany border and Baaden-Baaden (Germany). During German occupation of France, Alsace and Strasbourg were annexed to the German Reich, i.e. this German military map should have shown a different border (100 km West) and Strasbourg should have been in Germany. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Burt Lancaster (1968). See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: PARIS August 2-1944 1511th day of German occupation See more »
Quotes Colonel von Waldheim: Labiche! Here's your prize, Labiche. Some of the greatest paintings in the world. Does it please you, Labiche? Give you a sense of excitement in just being near them? A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape. You won by sheer luck: you stopped me without knowing what you were doing, or why. You are nothing, Labiche -- a lump of flesh. The paintings are mine; they always will be; beauty belongs to the man who can appreciate it! They will always belong to me or to a man like me. Now, this minute, you couldn't tell me why you did what you did.
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