• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1964-09-24
  • Runtime133 minutes
  • TaglineIt carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
  • Revenue6,800,000$
  • GenreWar, Thriller
  • Production
    CompaniesLes Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane, Dear Film, United Artists, Polyphony Digital, Vides Cinematografica
  • Budget5,800,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Burt Lancaster

Paul Scofield

Jeanne Moreau

Suzanne Flon

Michel Simon

Wolfgang Preiss

Albert Rémy

Charles Millot

Richard Münch

Jean-Pierre Zola

Jacques Marin

Paul Bonifas

Jean Bouchaud

Donald O'Brien

Arthur Brauss

Howard Vernon

Richard Bailey

Roger Lumont

Gérard Buhr