The Train

Name: The Train
Released: 1965

John Frankenheimer

art preservation World War II French Resistance cultural heritage military conflict

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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

Year1965

CountryUnited States

DirectorJohn Frankenheimer

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