The Train DVD 1964 A vonat / Directed by John Frankenheimer / Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon / Hollywood Movie Classics

UPC 5999546333411

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD (Black & White)

Audio: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 127 minutes

English Summary:

The Train is a 1964 American French war film directed by John Frankenheimer. Its screenplay—written by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, and Walter Bernstein—is loosely based on the non-fiction book Le front de l'art by Rose Valland, who documented the works of art placed in storage that had been looted by the Germans from museums and private art collections. Arthur Penn was The Train's original director, but was replaced by Frankenheimer three days after filming had begun.

In August 1944, masterpieces of modern art stolen by the Wehrmacht are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel Franz von Waldheim, is determined to take the paintings to Germany, no matter the cost. After the works chosen by Waldheim are removed from the Jeu de Paume Museum, curator Mademoiselle Villard seeks help from the French Resistance. Given the imminent liberation of Paris by the Allies, they need only delay the train for a few days, but it is a dangerous operation and must be done in a way that does not risk damaging the priceless cargo.

Hungarian Summary:

Párizs, 1944 augusztus 2. A megszállás 1511. napján a németek elhatározzák, hogy az összes műkincset (festményeket, szobrokat) egy vonattal Berlinbe szállítják. Ezt a francia ellenállás próbálja megakadályozni, de csak nagyon sok élet árán sikerül.

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