Description:John Frankenheimer directs Burt Lancaster in the tense spy thriller The Train. Lancaster plays Labiche, a French railway inspector. Allied forces are threatening to liberate Paris, so Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is ordered to move the priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to the fatherland. The head of the muJohn Frankenheimer directs Burt Lancaster in the tense spy thriller The Train. Lancaster plays Labiche, a French railway inspector. Allied forces are threatening to liberate Paris, so Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is ordered to move the priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to the fatherland. The head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) attempts to convince Labiche that he should sabotage the train on which they are transporting the art. Labiche is more focused on destroying a trainload of German weapons. After his friend is killed trying to stop the train with the art, and after a consciousness-raising conversation with a hotel owner (Jeanne Moreau), Labiche resolves to save the antiquities. Lancaster and Frankenheimer had worked together previously on both Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide... (more)(less)
"#1 - The Train (1964)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon
Director: John Frankenheimer (replaced Arthur Penn upon firing)
Format: English, Black & White, Mono
Runtime: 133 minutes
IMDB User Rating: 7.8 (of 10)
Amazon.com DVD Price: (out-of-print)
Synopsis: With the Allied army approaching Paris in August 1944, German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) steals a collection of paintings from the Musée du Jeu de Paume and loads them"
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Tyylikkäästi kuvattua Frankenheimeria, jossa päähenkilöiden motiivit taideteoksia kuljettavan junan sabotointiin ei vakuuta niin paljoa, että heitä kiinnostaisi kannattaa yhtään elokuvan aikana - ja tämän aspektin arvosteleminen jää parista yrityksestä huolimatta aika heikonlaiseksi lopulta. Tuntuu myös että tämän tyyppisen juonen omistavaan elokuvaan toiminnan lisäys olisi ollut ihan toimiva ratkaisu, koska mitään erityistä tempoa tai meininkiä ei edes pahemmin"