Title The Train 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. Tagline It carried their hopes, their nation's honour! Genres Action, Drama, Thriller, War Keywords paris, france, world war ii, nazis, hijacking of train, artwork, train ride, painting, french resistance, train crash, nazi germany, art thief, art theft Production Companies Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane, Dear Film Produzione Production Countries France, United States of America Spoken Languages Deutsch, English Original Language en Runtime minutes 133 Release Year 1964
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 7 million USD