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The Train

1964

John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon ...

7.8

6,277

Mystery. War. Drama Oberst von Waldheim wants to bring modern paintings, the ones the Nazis called "degenerate", out of Paris before the Allied Forces liberate Paris. He is able to persuade his bosses to give him the train. Labiche, a French railway official is asked by the management of the museum to stop this train, but he is not willing to risk the life of his people for art. But when his old friend Boule is shot by the Germans accusing him for sabotage ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Once the viewer is properly convinced of the personal commitment and resolve of Mr. Lancaster (...) one gets thoroughly engrossed in the excitement of the melodramatic events."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"Exciting (...) Lancaster mastered all the tasks connected with railroad engineering"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"In Frankenheimer's hands, the whole paraphernalia of trains, tracks and shunting yards acquires an almost hypnotic fascination"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"Marvellous (...) The technically flawless direction is by John Frankenheimer (...) The French locations are exceptionally well used (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz Slant	"One of the most elegant, innovative and influential action pictures ever made"	POS
United States	IndieWire	"[It offers] big action sequences that are still breathlessly exciting today (...) What elevates the film from just another wartime action movie to something more, are the thematic questions that arise"	POS
United States	Austin Chronicle	"A top-notch action movie (...) It's certainly refreshing to see an action movie that has a heart and a soul, with characters that have dimension, and performances that aren't strictly by rote."	POS

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