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The Train (English, German, French, DVD) Loot Price: R85
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The Train (English, German, French, DVD)

Burt Lancaster; Directed by John Frankenheimer

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Paris, August 1944. With the Allied army closing in, German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin.

But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.

Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills, Labiche unleashes a torrent of devastation and destruction - loosened rails, shattered tracks and head on collisions - in an impassioned suspense-filled quest for justice, retribution and revenge.

In black & white.

General

Studio: MGM Home Entertainment
Release date: May 2003
Movie released: 1964
Actors: Burt Lancaster
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Dimensions: 192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: DVD
Running time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
Region encoding: Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:  Dolby Digital Mono
Video format:  Standard 4:3 (1.33:1)
Languages: English • German • French
Subtitles: French • Dutch • Swedish • Norwegian • Danish • Portuguese
Age restriction: PG
Categories: DVD > Adventure
DVD > Classics
DVD > Thriller
DVD > War
DVD > Feature Film
LSN: X9D-K6C-ANE-6
Barcode: 5050070010015

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The Train

Mon, 5 Aug 2013 | Review by: Micky B

Director John Frankenheimer was often termed “The Director’s Director; and not without good reason! THE TRAIN is the forth of the six movies that he and Burt Lancaster made together. Frankenheimer always used the <i> complete frame <i/> in composing his shots. In this one: while one’s eyes are fixed on the action in the centre of the screen: there is nearly always much happening in the background. For example: while our attention is usually towards, say, Burt Lancaster: one can always see trains shunting and/or German soldiers marching in the background. The story is based on fact. Towards the end of World War II, many priceless artistic French treasures were rounded up by the Germans from museums and private collections (particularly Jewish ones;) and packed neatly away, with the aim of taking them to Germany. Meanwhile, the French underground movement was doing its level best to prevent this – without damaging the artworks in the process. One of the Resistance’s leaders is Paul Lubiche (Lancaster,) who discreetly sabotages the Germans’ efforts to get their cargoes out of France. Lubiche is a very capable and daring railroad man who cleverly diverts the train onto a loop line, then disguises the names of the French stations en route to German ones, to make the Germans think that they have crossed the border into their homeland. Paul Scofield plays Colonel van Weldheim, the senior German officer in charge of the train. (Even after winning his “Oscar” for his role in “A Man for All Seasons,” Scofield actually preferred the theatre, and thus made far too few movie appearances!) Mention must also be made of French actress Jeanne Moreau, as Christine – an innkeeper who provides a false alibi that saves Lubich from the German soldiers! There is also a climactic train collision that was filmed with REAL trains! Apart from wiping out three engines. Three of United Artists’ 35mm cameras were also totally trashed in Frankenheimer’s need for attaining realism. Verdict: <i>Its still</i> a <i>marvellous</i> film!

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