Review of The Train (1964) by Phil S — 14 Feb 2014
Not improbable. Based on one of the many efforts by the people of Europe during World War II to save their culture, their way of life, from the German Nazi attempt to irradicate all but what they judged acceptable.
The movie begins with Rosa Vallant requesting the help of the French Resistance to stop a train of boxcars loaded with French museum paintings, the basis of French culture. The movie directly raises the question: Is saving the material signs of your culture, worth people's lives? A much underrated action movie worth every minute viewing.
The Monuments Men were only part of the effort to to save Western Civilization from the Nazi attempt to remake it as only theirs. A story that well illustrates the 20th Century ideological wars.
This review of The Train (1964) was written by Phil S on 14 Feb 2014.
The Train has generally received very positive reviews.
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