The Train (1964)

Frankrijk, augustus 1944. De geallieerden naderen Parijs. De Duitse kolonel Von Waldheim wil daarom zo snel mogelijk de waardevolle Franse kunstschatten per trein naar Duitsland vervoeren. Het Franse verzet krijgt orders uit Londen om dit transport te saboteren om te voorkomen dat het Duitsland bereikt, maar de schilderijen moeten onbeschadigd blijven. De onverschrokken Franse spoorwegman en verzetstrijder Labiche neemt de leiding bij deze onmogelijk lijkende missie.

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The duo of director John Frankenheimer and actor Burt Lancaster again join forces with the latter starring as French railway inspector Labiche. With Allied forces closing in on occupied Paris, Herman Goering orders Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) to move the priceless art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to Germany by train. The museum's curator, Mme. Villard (Suzanne Flon) tries to cajole Labiche into stopping the art train, but he's far more concerned with blowing up a German armaments train. Meanwhile, Papa Boule (Michel Simon), an aged railwayman, uses the distraction of the Allied bombing of a nearby mun...
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itions train to burn out the engines of the train carrying the art, and is killed by the Nazis for his efforts. Hotelkeeper Christine (Jeanne Moreau), has managed to persuade Labiche of the importance of the art, and when the livid Waldheim orders him to drive the treasure-bearing train, he's formulated a plan to foil the Nazi theft. He fabricates a series of interlocking ruses which lead the Germans to believe that the train has crossed into Germany, when, in reality, it's simply going in circles around Paris. Lancaster leads an exceptional cast in this engrossing film, based on a true story. Michel Simon is especially memorable, as is the gritty, minimally-lit black and white photography of Jean Tournier.
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