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.
The Train has generally received very positive reviews.
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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 19 Jan 2007
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The Train was released in 1964 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 117 reviews, giving The Train (1964) an average rating of 81%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 85% and users giving an average score of 86%.
With a score of 81%, The Train is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1964, which stands at 61%.
Other movies from 1964 with similar scores include films like Mary Poppins and Onibaba.
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