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The Train
UNITED STATES · 1965

The Train

John Frankenheimer
art preservation World War II French Resistance cultural heritage military conflict
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Synopsis

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

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