The Train -- Ending

[@fliegeroh]

The last scene of this movie seems to me a metaphor for Europe at the end of World War II: A train sitting stopped on the tracks..... The beautiful treasures of European culture scattered in boxes on the ground .... A dead German officer..... Many dead innocent civilians.... A weary, wounded man making his way back home..... This is brilliant movie making.

[@JJONNYREPP]

The Train -- Ending vincentyeo88 1303pm 28.2.23 they were all at it. no stopping art thefts whether it was Jewish magnates or nazi merchants dealing in rare antiquities or Churchill, who, allegedly enjoyed a decent splash on the canvas... anyhow; the most enjoyable films are those which take a contrary view re: presenting the alleged enemy in a more humane light eg: iron cross or das boot.

[@degsbabe]

Wow. Worse than being a fanatical, murdering Nazi ... Colonel Franz von Waldheim......was.. an ARTLOVER !!!

[@Danzig1777]

The sound of the engines pulse at the end is just haunting,one of the finest films in history 🫡

[@MrMattyMan]

This is one of the most overlooked films of all time. The critics love it. Every review I've ever read of this film has been terrific. But the PEOPLE need to see it. This last scene alone is worth it. So emotional yet so quiet. The music is, to me, one of the best film scores ever written. John Frankenheimer...we need more like you. Burt Lancaster and Paul Schofield....come back to us!

[@RCAvhstape]

Man, nobody films scenes like this these days. Fantastic.

[@dhall5785]

Lancasters finest moment Schofield was coldly brilliant

[@MrMattyMan]

Thank god. Some one else who loves this movie. One of the greatest and most underappreciated movies of all time. That ending is fantastic. A movie ahead of its time, almost. Frankenheimer is one of my favorites. Lancaster is perfect and Schofield commands it all.

[@malcolmbrown3532]

In order to keep in with the French Rail unions, Lancaster had to go through the required training as a train driver/engineer [admittedly an abridged version of the training] for the part of Labiche..... Giving him the basics of the part.

[@flashesofblack4128]

I really enjoy the mystique ending of this great movie. The German stands there while Lancaster turns and surveys the carnage. He again turns and guns down the German in a form of vengeance. He then walks off and we are left with the soft sounding air compressor of the engine while Lancaster fades into the distance. This is one of THE best movie endings I have ever seen. Brilliant acting and directing!!

[@FilmandTVFan]

This ending felt unbelievably bleak. I wasn’t even cheering when Waldheim got shot. “A lump of flesh” and the emphasis of “me” just made me disgusted with his existence and was glad when the bastard dropped dead. On top of that, those stillshots of dead bodies and crates haunted me. They felt disturbingly real! The Train has one of the most phenomenal and haunting endings to a film. 10/10 masterpiece! 70 years later and an absolute all timer!

[@TRUMPER007]

This is a very poignant war film and Burt Lancaster and Paul Schofield are fantastic in their respective roles. Thanks for uploading this true classic.

[@vjb007]

Thank you vincentyeo88. Scofield's closing line "A painting means as much to you...", which captures the entire movie in one sentence, gets my vote as the greatest movie line of all time.

[@robertseip210]

Best final scene in the history of cinema.

[@1912fld]

this is one of the best movies EVER - love the train scenes. great cinematography. There won't be another film like this again.

[@TulseLuper]

Talk about badass! That one look Lancaster gives is worth a thousand words. And Paul Scofield is just brilliant as always.

[@nigelbrown555]

First saw it as an Art student on tv. Have it on DVD. Lancaster was so skillful and convincing. A reluctant hero. A powerful piece of art this film.

[@AllenbysEyes]

This is an amazing movie, and a great scene. RIP Paul Scofield, one of my favorite actors ever.

[@jws54]

I always enjoy seeing Burt Lancaster. He used to do a trapeze act with our school bus driver, Harry Sill, I think in the 20's. It makes him more personable to me. Always a very good film to see. Thank you for your efforts

[@TankEngine97]

This has to be one of the best endings i have seen. No word of dialogue from the main character and the audience can tell what Labiche is thinking: "I did it for them." In someway this could be a happy ending as the Colonel was stopped but at the same time it feels sad.

[@joetamburello6292]

It’s a bittersweet ending. He won but also lost because those people died over art

[@jinswifeu8812]

Used to watch this with my nan loves it

[@Jaegertiger]

I agree with you QmassMan. There are so many GREAT filming techniques used throughout. When it came out and I saw it as a kid, it really impressed me beyond any other WWII film. So many powerful features -- always liked the use of fog and smoke throughout. ...the Armed-Locomotive and De Havilland Mosquitoes w/ D-Day markings -- nothing could be better.

[@2210ethan]

This is a brilliant, brilliant film. Thanks for posting.

[@frankfarago2825]

This one certainly was not a "Van Ryan's Express."

[@amycarey2848]

My Fathers favourite Movie.He was a Steam Engine Driver for South Australian Railways in the 50s and 60s.

[@blessOTMA]

a gem of acting and directing

[@CD318]

My favorite movie line of all time.

[@anitasmith4559]

A film for the ages. Be sure to check out another clip from this film when Lancaster, at the controls of a locomotive, is strafed by a Spitfire in a case of mistaken identity.

[@CD318]

One of the greatest movies of all time

[@joseherrera2338]

I like the fact that this film subverts several stereotypical tropes affiliated with action films, the cultured aristocratic villain wants to save/steal the art for himself regardless of the cost(including ignoring orders, abandoning allies etc.) while the grimy and reluctant hero only cares about the lives endangered by this mission only days before liberation, and that's what makes Labiche's machine gunning the Colonel all the more satisfying. They sure don't make them like this anymore.

[@PENNSY671E]

The camera work genius of John Frankenheimer, along with a supurb score by Maurice Jarre and a terrific acting corps, led by the stunting of Burt Lancaster himself, should make this required viewing for anyone going to film-making.

[@jessicahowe1838]

I just watched this for the first time the other day. Awesome film, beautifully put together and a great cast. This has to be my favorite part of the movie where he shoots and kills the German officer.

[@Playwithdeutschland]

we need more movies like this

[@MrMattyMan]

It is on DVD. This movie seriously needs a Special Edtion release. Two discs. Maybe three to make up for how overlooked it is. Frankenheimer is brilliant. His movies are very raw and character driven. The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz, Seven Days in May, Seconds. This is one of my favoirite movies. The Magnificent Score helps!

[@gsherlock]

Surely this is because of the great cost in human life invested and spent trying to stop the train rather than any love or appreciation of art, his look just before he kills the Colonel is very telling. Its a fantastic end which poses more questions than it answers.

[@williammorse8330]

zerbrechlich.... aren't we all.................. thank you for posting from Bellows Falls, Vermont

[@carolynhildebrandt605]

An incredible movie.

[@ltwesjanson]

I would agree that Labiche's actions are portrayed as heroic and valiant. And I would agree that the Colonel is portrayed in a negative light. But remember the period: WWII was only 20 years in the past, and still fresh in the memory of audiences. To do otherwise wouldn't have been commercially viable. Yet the subtle message endures. The Colonel fought for something he believed in; Labiche fought for something other people believed in. That's a crucial distinction in my book.

[@iankemp1131]

The other key point though; Is one less worthy than the other? Fighting for something that doesn't matter intrinsically to you but you know does to many other people and your country. Just one of the many conundrums posed by this film. A group of us watched it many years ago and were split 50-50 afterwards on whether it was worth sacrificing the lives for the paintings.

[@mikewilliamson7246]

A superb superb film. Made well past the era when monochrome was the norm, the wonderful photography adds to the mood, as the grey world we observe tells us what things were like and how people felt then in the real world. France was being liberated but many people were not exultant or joyous after what they had gone through. The Germans aren't all shown as evil - the guy who plays their chief railway engineer is doing what he does because he has no option otherwise and works without real enthusiasm. By that time of the war I think many Germans were looking only for a way out and carrying on mainly for fear of the Gestapo, their original patriotism having evaporated.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Movies do not need happy endings to be great.

[@Mikey300]

There could be an almost happy ending after Labiche limps away from the last scene. If he can get back to Rive-Reine and crawl into bed with Christine for the rest of the war . . .

[@elli003]

A rarely shown "must see" classic. Get the dvd.

[@blithespiritny]

A terrific clip - well-done.

[@ltwesjanson]

"Now, this minute, you couldn't tell me why you did what you did." Is it wrong that, even at the end, I still can't help but feel sympathy for the Colonel?

[@martinpawley647]

Such an incredible film.

[@ElectricExperimentsRobert33]

Plappolog, thanks for your interest in researching this film! And thanks also to those who uploaded this video ....

[@simonteam]

thanks i was looking for this ending only a few days ago --its amazing you have it thank for post--simon

[@ltwesjanson]

To answer a man's final monlogue with machinegun fire. A statement unto itself.

[@gypsyThree97]

I absolutely love this film!

[@ksztyrix]

Colonel speech is spot on.

[@SurferDude511]

this is one of my favorite movie

[@jamesyee4143]

Great movie, love the Blk/ White! Thanks 😊

[@logofilm8644]

TAKE HIM DOWN, BURT. WAY TO GO, MY MAN, AWESOME! This film is so much better than Hornets Nest (1970).

[@ianmc87]

Would like to think that Labiche went back to Christine.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

This sums up WW2. For the Nazi's they didn't care about humanity but they did appreciate mankind's art and culture even if it wasn't their own. For the Allies it was humanity itself that they cared about. This ending is perfect.

[@moviemonk1000]

Think of it a Black and white film , an action type of film with NO SPECIAL EFFECTS Its all there in front of you for real ! Thanks to a great supporting cast Michel Simon , Jeanne Morreau et all

[@chrisdurant4627]

Interesting well acted film, enjoyed it,

[@dhall5785]

Art without humanity - at the cost of humanity. The colonel missed the important point

[@HallucinatedIvoked]

4:41 The sound where the picture of an alive man sitting on his chair with table, then the next picture is he suicided with a gun, and the gun is on the table, and then he puts his head on the table.

[@vincentyeo88]

most viewers won't know what had happened to these POWs who'd escaped into Switzerland 'coz the movie ended with the successful escape. since you're living in Switzerland, you may want to check with your defense authority or the history departments of your universities.

[@ltwesjanson]

Oh, it's an answer, but it's not an *answer*. His best response boils down to "Because you made it personal", but he can't ever really articulate why he fights in the first place. It's not for the art, it's not for France, it's not for liberty...it's fighting for its own sake, because it's his nature to destroy, not to create. At least the Colonel had a cause, and knew it. He may not have been an artist, but ultimately his ends were towards creativity rather than destruction.

[@geraldjohnson4013]

Colonel von Waldheim destroyed people. His love for art was a perverted love for you can't love the art if you hate the people from which it sprang from. That art was French art and those artists drew primarily from the culture and the people of France. It's like people who claim to love jazz but loathe the people and the culture from which it sprang from. They don't really love it. It's a fascination with them but they don't really love it.

[@ltwesjanson]

@@geraldjohnson4013 I don't disagree that he destroyed people, but I would submit that his motives did not seem to be hatred, but rather a complete lack of concern for anyone else. His interest is purely in possessing the art for himself. In a way he's a similar figure to Gollum: consumed by a drive to possess a physical thing, at any and all costs. It's interesting to note that he certainly could have ambushed and shot Labiche at the end, but he didn't care - he no longer had any chance whatsoever to successfully evacuate "his" art, and so he no longer possessed any other goals or drives. Goading Labiche into shooting him was just a way of committing suicide at that point.

[@geraldjohnson4013]

@@ltwesjanson Oberst von Waldheim was a far more sophisticated man to.merely allow Labiche to be the instrument of his death. His arrogance knew no boundaries. I've dealt with men like him who actually believe that they won't reap what they sow. He got a big success.

[@cescodini]

@@ltwesjanson Goading Labiche into shooting him was a way of committing suicide, yes, because he didn't want to part from the paintings, his life without them being useless. The colonel was a monomaniac.

[@JamesP.Tarpey-nw7qn]

Art❤

[@eisenbahnerffo]

Burt Lancesters best movie ever !

[@corcaighrebel]

@QuatermassMan - has to rate as one of the greatest conclusions of any film, just listen to that train, genius!

[@ltwesjanson]

But that's just it-the Resistance members were just as willing to die and to kill for the paintings. Except that they never cared about the art in the first place. In the end, Labiche genuinely couldn't answer that last question.

[@MrMattyMan]

@vincentyeo88 A few other good overlooked ones are The Battle of Britain, Hell is for Heroes, A Bridge Too Far, Paths of Glory, Attack!, Battleground and Decision Before Dawn, just to name a few.

[@catherinefan32]

i am supriesed that not once in this film was there a huslet austreity enigne which was used in WW2 very often

[@swanningaround]

Yes. I was referring to Von Ryan's express too. A mistake, as this is another movie, I guess.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

Great movie

[@ltwesjanson]

The decision to take the paintings was ultimately his; the Colonel fought and lied to his own commanding officers in order to take them, for his own sake. He had no interest in the monetary value of the paintings, only their artistic value to himself. Every action he took was directed towards the end of keeping them in his own possession. The only other person in the film who appreciated them was the museum curator from the beginning, but she didn't care enough to act on her convictions.

[@iankemp1131]

Well, she did, but she couldn't physically stop the Germans taking them. But she went to the French Resistance and persuaded them that stopping the train and risking lives was worthwhile to keep national treasures.

[@wardlemike]

Not really, considering the filmmaker made him convincingly human (a man of strong, yet monstrously misplaced convictions).

[@autounionv16]

I have been here.

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

USSR: America! *America turns around* USSR: Here is your prize America, the greatest create god ever gave us (Aka Earth). Does it please you USA? Does it give you a sense of excitement of just being on it? *USA says nothing * USSR: The earth means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape. You won by sheer luck. You stopped me without knowing what you were doing or why. You are nothing USA, a lump of flesh. The Earth is mine, it always will be. Beauty belongs to the man who can appreciate it. It will always belong to me or to a country like me. *USSR walks closer to the USA * USSR: Now. This minute. You couldn't tell me why you did what you did. *USA turns around at all the bodies lying on the ground * *USA turns back to the USSR * *USA guns down the USSR with an M16 and walks away*

[@Elhombresombra]

>One of the greatest and most underappreciated >movies of all time > Quote! Has it been remastered on DVD???

[@eliotreader8220]

what did Bert Lancaster do in the cab of the derailed engine? it looked like he put the valves in mid gear and may have put the water injector on to fill up the boiler

[@sean57]

Those who think they are bigger than others should go visit the cemetary, . There you will find what the world really is. Nothing but a handfull of dirt.

[@swanningaround]

I am interested in how these men managed to escape the Swiss authorities. One of my relatives escaped up through Italy at about the same time as this event took place. He was put into a Swiss prison camp, where he remained for over a year. How come the people in this film got away with it in Switzerland.

[@andycano5756]

If he was really shot by a Mauser....he wouldn't have a knee.

[@si4106]

A great film

[@lunatrain]

I'm curious to know why Burt Lancaster turned off the regulator, At least I think that's what he turned.

[@colinmulder6806]

What do you folks think Burt would actually say to Colonel if he did?

[@2SpaceTraveller2]

loooool labiche is kind of Rambo he doesn't seem to always understand what been said and he does

[@kevinbarker7997]

Frankenheimer, Penn...

[@bv141a]

shoot him Burt,great ending

[@yaknbo]

No, it isn't. But that comes nowhere near exonerating him. He was a c..t who thought that paintings are more important then people.

[@devindamadusanka5447]

Please give me the train full move download link

[@ltwesjanson]

(continued) Consider the framing of the film as well. The movie begins and ends with the paintings and the Colonel. We see him surrounded by Art, drinking in its beauty. And at the end, all that's left is his cold body on the ground, and piles of identical, sterile boxes strewn about. If Labiche is really the hero, then where's the victory, the celebration? Indeed, the closing shots are a dirge for the Colonel, those who died in the conflict, and the ideal of the art itself.

[@iankemp1131]

It's a victory and it isn't. Labiche and his colleagues managed to prevent a greater wrong, but at a cost. A metaphor for war even - always destructive, sometimes necessary, many losers, no real winners. Mourning is more appropriate than celebration - except as relief.

[@BobKumar1234]

S T U N N I N G !

[@ltwesjanson]

But why does Labiche fight? Pro Patria? From hatred? For what? We're never once given any actual motivation, any exploration of his essential desires. The innkeeper even probes this, and justly criticizes the headlong nature of his struggle. What you call a "sefless cause", others would call "mindless drone". "Just following orders" was rightfully found insufficient at Nuremberg; what would a trial make of Labiche's justifications? For just what did all of those patriots die for?

[@roberthasudungan1546]

After The Colonel's monologue, Labische turned around and saw all those corpses. There's simply no way he would let The Colonel live. It shows that both The Colonel and Labische are human. That should be enough, no need for more explanation. If you still don't understand that, I feel sorry for you.

[@ltwesjanson]

@@roberthasudungan1546 His motivation can't come exclusively from events that transpire entirely after his entire struggle. I'll accept that a large amount of his motivation might be revenge for Papa Boule, but what else drives him beyond that? He seemed in balance, and willing to (begrudgingly) obey the Germans up until that point. We never see why, or what he planned on doing had the old engineer not been executed. Ultimately all of his elaborate resistance and struggles seems to boil down to a crude quest of revenge, for a man who disobeyed his exhortations and sacrificed himself out of spite.

[@Joez86]

Classic

[@sadgamer8487]

This movie teaches you that people is ready to DIE and KILL for objects, like paintings (in this case), which they give them a value. But they will do NOTHING to save innocent lifes and give them JUSTICE. This metaphor makes this movie a masterprice.

[@jshum268]

Different as WW2😆😇

[@SteamKing2160]

where is the location of 4:27 at?

[@cescodini]

From what I could read, the movie was shot in Acquigny, Normandie

[@ЗухраБекова-к7к]

мне нравится.

[@zthetha]

"Some of the greatest paintings in the world..." Hmm...? Not sure about Renoir... "They will always belong to me or a man like me.." Good! Your exquisite taste is a delusion formed by businessmen, not artists, who manipulate gullible rich collectors for their own ends into believing this that or the other daub is beautiful. So called 'greatness' in art is decided by agents and dealers and has little or no relevence to any intrinsic qualities of painthandling. .

[@chevybike]

An excellent film