Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
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.
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Cast: 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, Jean-Claude Bercq, Howard Vernon, Louis Falavigna, Richard Bailey, Christian Fuin
Writers: Rose Valland (Novel), Franklin Coen (Screenplay), Walter Bernstein (Screenplay), Albert Husson (Screenplay), Frank Davis (Screenplay), Nedrick Young (Screenplay), Howard Dimsdale (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Jean Tournier, Walter Wottitz
Production Designer: Willy Holt
Editors: David Bretherton, Gabriel Rongier
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Producer: Jules Bricken
Production: Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane, Dear Film, United Artists
