Directed by John Frankenheimer
Starring Burt Lancaster · Paul Scofield · Jeanne Moreau · Suzanne Flon
Original language: English
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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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Cast
- Burt LancasterPaul Labiche
- Paul Scofieldvon Waldheim
- Jeanne MoreauChristine
- Suzanne FlonMademoiselle Villard
- Michel SimonPapa Boul
- Wolfgang PreissMaj. Herren
- Albert RémyDidont
- Charles MillotPesquet
Details
- Directed by
- John Frankenheimer
- Written by
- Albert Husson, Frank Davis, Franklin Coen, Howard Dimsdale
- Released
- 1964-09-24
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Language
- English
- Country
- Italy, United States of America, France
