Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Italy, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
The story
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.
- france
- paris
- france
- nazi
- world war ii
- painting
- artwork
- train hijacking
- train crash
- french resistance
- black and white
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Burt Lancaster
Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield
von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau
Christine
Suzanne Flon
Mademoiselle Villard
- Michel Simon — Papa Boul
- Wolfgang Preiss — Maj. Herren
- Albert Rémy — Didont
- Charles Millot — Pesquet
- Richard Münch — General von Lubitz
- Jean-Pierre Zola — Octave
- Jacques Marin — Jacques
- Paul Bonifas — Spinet
- Jean Bouchaud — Schmidt
- Donald O'Brien — Schwartz
- Arthur Brauss — Pilzer
- Directed
- John Frankenheimer
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 382 ratings
- Studio
- Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane, Dear Film, United Artists, Polyphony Digital, Vides Cinematografica
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