The Train
German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to bring most the best paintings of France into Germany Because the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944. He manages to procure a train to transport the artworks that are valuable while they are descended upon by the chaos of retreat. From sneaking their national treasures, the resistance yet wants to stop them but also have received orders out of London that they should not be destroyed. The channel master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train along with which makes it happen smoothly but he's also part of a dwindling set of resistance fighters tasked by preventing the theft. He and others point an elaborate ruse to help keep the train out of leaving French territory.
Released: 1964-09-21
Duration: 133
min