The Train

The Train1964

Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon
Genre: Thriller, War
Rating: NOT RATED
Runtime: 133 minutes

The Train is a 1964 war film based on the non-fiction book Le front de l'art by Rose Valland. The film is set in 1944 and tells the story of a German colonel who loads a train with stolen French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must … more »



Resistance leader:
Right after dawn, all switching tracks and trains in the area will be bombed. The art train is not to be destroyed. Orders are to mark it so that the planes will pass it up.

Labiche:
Mark it!

Resistance leader:
White paint, on the top of the first three cars. London has decided the paintings must not be damaged.

Labiche:
Paint it? For von Waldheim-- make him a present? To hell with London! We started this whole thing for one reason: to stop the train, because the Allies were going to be here! Well, where are they? Every day they've been due, and every day a man has been killed for thinking they were just over the next hill. I say to hell with them. Now they want us to paint the train? Let 'em blow it up!

Didont:
Paul, it'd be too bad, if it got blown up... that is, if it could be saved. Papa Boule, Pesquet, the others... they wanted it saved.

Labiche:
And they're dead. And they'll never know!

Didont:
But we will.

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