The Train
1964 · 133 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 20,331 VOTES · DIR. John Frankenheimer
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.
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00:00:20 WE, THE MAKERS OF THIS FILM, WISH TO PAY TRIBUTE
00:05:26 - To a safe place. - But no place is as safe as Paris.
00:11:03 Nor would I expect priority over vitally needed war transport.
00:14:52 But if the paintings are not here...
00:16:55 I hope none of you will be harmed.
00:19:24 Don't just slap the oil on anywhere, damn it!
00:21:56 - Pig! - Be careful how you talk to them.
00:29:03 - What? - Who did that?
00:36:18 Can you fix it?
00:40:24 I practically raised you but you're no better than they are.
00:45:40 - No! No, Didont! - Not us! Not us!
00:50:47 A room for this man.
00:58:07 I run a hotel, not a madhouse. Who's going to pay for the door and the lock?
01:01:10 Sergeant Schwarz will ride with you.
01:06:08 We slow down for switching.
01:12:03 I'll be glad to get back to Berlin.
01:22:43 He's around somewhere, I know.
01:26:01 God knows how many will be shot, like Jacques.
01:30:30 What about the train?
01:33:14 For Von Waldheim? Make him a present?
01:35:44 Montmirail. Uncle Jacques had friends there - railroad men. I can get them.
01:46:50 till we reach Montmirail, then we will leave him behind.
02:00:04 Move back! Move back!
02:04:32 Here's your prize, Labiche.