Does The Train end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Train violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Train easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Train

Name: The Train
Genre: War, Thriller
Released: 1964
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon

It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!

Directed by John Frankenheimer

Produced by Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane

1964133 min7.6 / 10

A taut WWII thriller about French resistance fighters using cunning and sabotage to prevent Nazi theft of national art treasures during the chaos of liberation.

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.

Clusters

Political Cover-Ups Thrillers Honor, Sacrifice, and Steel Roads and Railways Nazi Germany And Resistance Historical War Movies

Genres

War Thriller

Keywords

France Paris, France Nazi World War Ii Painting Artwork Train Hijacking Train Crash French Resistance Black And White Art Thief Art Theft

Where to watch

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Questions people ask

Does The Train end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.
Is The Train scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is The Train violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
Is The Train sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Train easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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