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The Train [DVD] [1964]

DVD ~ Burt Lancaster
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  • Actors: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon
  • Directors: Arthur Penn, John Frankenheimer
  • Writers: Albert Husson, Frank Davis, Franklin Coen, Rose Valland, Walter Bernstein
  • Producers: Bernard Farrel
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English, German
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 5 May 2003
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008V6Y1
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,037 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
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 munitions 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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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Train, 6 Sep 2005
One of the best films of resistance in Europe that it should go hand in hand with The Pianist, and Kanal. Some brilliant action sequences for it's time and some very tragic moments as war is full of it. The ending is where the film leaves it's message and the filming and scripting is beautifully suited for it. Overall an excellent film.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best WW2 thrillers ever made, 27 Nov 2006
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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The Train is one of those films that is really more European than American. John Frankenheimer (taking over from Arthur Penn) was always the American director who was most influenced by French cinema, with the result that this, the last major action film shot in black and white, has more of a low-key more continental feel to it than a Hollywood one - aside from Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield (who for once comes perilously close to ham without ever quite crossing the line) and La Silence de la Mer's Howard Vernon, the cast is made up almost entirely of the great and good of French cinema, from Jeanne Moreau to Michel Simon. What's more, the realistic style - more pre-war French cinema than nouvelle vague - sells the action scenes which, in other hands, could become pure comic book stuff a la Von Ryan's Express. The fact that the key action scenes are done `for real,' with a condemned railway yard blown up during the air raid sequence and real locomotives crashing into each other, only shows up the weightless artificiality of much modern CGI or of the miniature work of the day. The crash in particular, which destroyed one camera, has a sense of weight and violence to it that you just don't see in films anymore. Still impressive stuff.

Sadly, John Frankenheimer's audio commentary included on the R1 NTSC DVD is NOT included on the R2 release - a great pity, since it's particularly good and enlightening. Very highly recommended nonetheless.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent movie, thoroughly enjoyable veiwing!, 11 Jun 2004
For £5 this movie has to of been one of the best buys i ever made in terms of movies.
The film is set in the last years of WWII and follows a french patriot who is working for the german military as a train yard runner. a patriotic colonel in the german army decides to take paintings from the paris art museum and crate them up and send them to Germany via train. massive confusion occurs when the few french resistence fighters driving the train plan a series of sabotage attacks on the train right under the colonels nose. The film is highly interesting and in my opinion the fact that it is in black and white makes it even more enjoyable than it would be if it were in color. The film is tense nearly all the way through and a good film to sit down and watch. The end of the film is a highly tense and climatic part which i'm not going to spoil but i'll tell you this; if you like these types of films you won't be dissapointed at all. AT ALL! a very good buy and even if it were £15 i would have bought it, a great movie that can be watched time and time again and still have practically the same effect as it did when you first watched it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars art or propaganda ?
the movie is well crafted and staged ,it is a fictional account and it raises some intersting questions about viability of art and value of human life. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dr. U. L. Khawaja

5.0 out of 5 stars The Train was an exciting journey.
This has to be one of the greatest war time films of all time.
This is just begging for a special edition.Burt Lancaster is allways so great in movies. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Terry D. Jarvis

5.0 out of 5 stars An artistic war movie, but still a war movie
This film is a remarkable achievement. It is really a genre busting classic because it combines both the excitement of a WW2 action film and the thoughtful insight of a European... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Lou Knee

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great film
Have just watched this film "The Train" after a number of years and I had forgotton just how good this movie is. The trains are real and they crash! Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2007 by "Smith" Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars Death and the engineer
This is an action-packed, suspenseful film, without doubt. But it is also a sober and sobering one, asking questions for which the answers aren't easy or obvious. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2006 by edlk

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining.
I first saw this film on TV many years ago and was recently delighted to see it again on DVD. It is a great WW 2 story and Burt Lancaster plays a great part as the central... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2006 by B Loughrey

2.0 out of 5 stars Utter disappointment
This is NOT a great film. I must have been watching a different film from the other reviewers becauser I struggled to stay awake watching this. Read more
Published on 8 April 2005 by Prof TBun

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop that TRAIN
This film has been a firm favourite of mine for many years. Burt Lancaster plays a French patriot trying to stop the nazis stealing a horde of artworks worth a fortune belonging... Read more
Published on 27 April 2003 by fast170

5.0 out of 5 stars First Class
Gritty, action-packed, thrilling all the way through. Excellent acting, brilliant script, an absolute classic. I am proud to have this film as part of my collection. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2001 by Mr. Graham R. Dudley

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth buying because you can watch this over and over.
Veteran director John Frankenheimer also known for The French Connection 2, and Ronin has a strong affinity with France. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2000

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