The train
By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; screen story and screenplay by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis ; produced by Jules Bricken ; directed by John Frankenheimer
Contributors: Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994, actor; Scofield, Paul, 1922-2008, actor; Simon, Michel, 1895-1975, actor; Flon, Suzanne, 1918-2005, actor; Preiss, Wolfgang, 1910-2002, actor; Munch, Richard, actor; Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, actor; Tournier, Jean, 1926-2004, director of photography; Wottitz, Walter, director of photography; Bretherton, David, 1924-2000, editor of moving image work; Jarre, Maurice, composer (expression); Valland, Rose; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Kino Lorber, Inc
Edition: Widescreen version.
Series: KL studio classics; KL studio classics
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Art treasures in war; Art and the war; Drama; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Underground movements; War Underground movements; German Occupation of France (1940-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01353176; Film adaptations; History
Other titles: John Frankenheimer's The train
Description: In August 1944, the Allied army is closing in on Paris. German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. When a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
Notes: Based on the book Le front de l'art by Rose Valland.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.

Special features: audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer ; original theatrical trailer.

Directors of photography, Jean Tournier, Walter Wottitz ; editor, David Bretherton ; music, Maurice Jarre.

Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Richard Munch, Jeanne Moreau.

Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital.

In English with optional English subtitles.