

The Train
It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.8M
- Box office
- $6.8M
- Language
- German
- france
- paris, france
- nazi
- world war ii
- painting
- artwork
- train hijacking
- train crash
- french resistance
- black and white
- art thief
- art theft
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Produced in
France, Italy, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR7 Mar 1965
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU29 Oct 1964
BrazilBR
- Physical12Fox Home mj.gov.br19 Nov 2004
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1519 Dec 1964
FranceFR
- TheatricalU24 Sept 1964
GermanyDE
- Theatrical186 Nov 1964
HungaryHU
- TheatricalKN7 Apr 1966
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG12 Feb 1965
ItalyIT
- Theatrical29 Oct 1964
NetherlandsNL
- Physical16DVD1 Jan 2005
SpainES
- Theatrical23 Jan 1965
- PhysicalA22 Jun 1998
Frequently asked questions
The Train was released on 24 September 1964.
Audience reviews
3- W7/10
Wuchak
8/8/2020
**_Burt Lancaster as a French Resistance fighter trying to stop a German train with stolen art_** Paris is on the verge of liberation from Nazi occupation in 1944, so a German colonel (Paul Scofield) loads a train with a priceless cargo of French paintings to take to Germany, which Resistance fighters led by engineer Labiche (Burt Lancaster) are intent on stopping. Jeanne Moreau is on hand as a hotel owner. “Th…
- J9/10
JPV852
12/30/2020
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**
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/12/2024
I think this might be my favourite Burt Lancaster role, as he leads the French resistance through an ethical maelstrom involving a trainload of looted artworks. It's "Col. Von Waldheim" (Paul Scofield) who manages to coax and cajole his Göring-fearing superiors into allowing him to load up a train with priceless artefacts and convey them to safety in Germany. The Nazis are starting to lose the war, though, and their …
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