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24/09/1964 War, Thriller 2h 13m
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It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

Overview

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.

  1. John Frankenheimer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Burt Lancaster

    Paul Labiche

  2. Paul Scofield

    von Waldheim

  3. Jeanne Moreau

    Christine

  4. Suzanne Flon

    Mademoiselle Villard

  5. Michel Simon

    Papa Boul

  6. Wolfgang Preiss

    Maj. Herren

  7. Albert Rémy

    Didont

  8. Charles Millot

    Pesquet

  9. Richard Münch

    General von Lubitz

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Reviews

A review by JPV852
Written by JPV852 on 2020-12-30
Great war suspense-thriller from John Frankenheimer. Heard of this one but never got around to checking it out, just excellent from beginning to end, not to mention wonderful use of sound design along with Maurice Jarre's score. Performances all around were great, especially Paul Scofield. Surprising to see it didn't receive more Oscar love outside of the writing. **4.5/5**
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,800,000.00

Revenue
$6,800,000.00

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