The Train Tribute

Another video tribute to a classic movie. The Train. At least one that I feel is a classic. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it's a story about obsession that could be seen as a variation of Moby DIck. As Paris is about to fall to Allied forces in 1944, Paul Scofield is Colonel Von Waldheim, a German officer that steals a trainload of "degenerate" art to Germany to help finance the Nazi war effort. Burt Lancaster is French Resistance leader Labiche. He initially refuses to waste lives stopping the train. But as he watches his friends die one after the other trying to stop The Train, he becomes obsessed with stopping The Train. An epic battle of wills ensues. Von Waldheim, obsessed with his goal of taking the paintings to Germany, and Labiche, who doesn't give a shit about the paintings, but becomes obsessed with preventing Waldheim from achieving his goal.
All the train crashes are real. The steam engines had been decomissioned, and were to be sold off for scrap. So the producers could do whatever they wanted. A couple of cameras were destroyed during the filming of the trainwrecks. And they blew up the train station for real.
Music is from the soundtrack to Sicario.

[@degsbabe]

Paul Scofield appeared in few films....but man he left his mark when he did. Won an oscar for his performance in ' A Man for all Seasons'. Great movie.

[@MHDebidour]

Deeply underated movie

[@ragnor56]

A gem of a movie overlooked as one of the epic war movies a superb cast of top tier actors & actresses portraying a true part of History during WWII

[@kayserbondor]

Can’t think of a better train picture, something that can be watched over and over. I went on holiday to Switzerland in 1948, the train from Calais to Basle went through many of the stations portrayed in the film, France was still looking knocked about at the time.

[@maxnielsen7667]

This film raises a very important moral issue. Are works of art more important than human life.? A great film. The dialogue is intense and thought provoking .

[@kleetus92]

Not if the art is going to be sold and used to buy more weapons...

[@martinlewis5248]

Great acting from Burton Lancaster rip

[@Fat12219]

Mr Burt Lancaster was a good actor 👏

[@drakefallentine8351]

Beautiful job editing, very focused on all the key points. Excellent.

[@suzanneceklund]

Very well done! Your alternate music score accentuates the mood of this extraordinary film beautifully. I'm waiting for a remake with a cast of unknown scrawny French actors as the defiant resistance and a Nazi colonel of the caliber of Paul Scofield (although I can't imagine who that might be).

[@DASCO2136]

This is one movie that shouldn’t be remade. It’s a classic

[@stevetillcock7361]

Proud owner of the DVD.

[@jonathanmarshall2802]

Ditto.😀

[@johnmurphy7953]

Excellent condensation of a superb B&W film.

[@Eric-bf7iy]

Bravo!!!

[@user-ng9ke4lb3r]

Como ya nos tienen a costumbrado muy buen trabajo la ciudad muy prolija saludos para ambos de Milton. De uruguay

[@bird20040]

Nice

[@davejohns6694]

A nihilistic ending, which in reality is how it falls out, no heroes or happy endings.

[@warrendubeau851]

Yeah, Labiche didn't give a crap about the paintings. All he cared about was stopping the murderous Colonel Waldheim from achieving his goal. Waldheim's obsession was getting the paintings to Germany, and Labiche's obsession was stopping him. In the end, after stopping Waldheim, and saving the paintings, he still doesn't care about them and leaves them littering the ground.

[@robertseip210]

Best movie ending of all time.

[@robertharle6377]

What a Film!

[@philippejenvrin2741]

Very good movie !!❤

[@donya186]

بادرود به شما عالی بود 🌺🌺🌺🖒

[@fastmail55]

Nicely done!

[@lexi_9995]

6:40 this is what happens when you don't have a ticket in German occupied France.

[@tonyrobb8815]

Hate to be picky..BUT!..His Knights Cross has the wrong attachments!

[@warrendubeau851]

I guess it's the button ribbon? That's pretty minor. There's some movie recently where some German officer's outfit is lifted from pretty much every service. I don't remember exactly, but it was something like he had a Wehrmacht jacket, SS shoulder flashes, a different unit's collar, Kriegsmarine decorations and a Luftwaffe cap.

[@martinshephard6317]

Sounds like one of Goering’s uniforms!

[@falke_blade9341]

dark and i love it

[@juansanchezrovira7816]

Reparto de lujo:Paul Scofield, Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau.... Y Michel Simon

[@walterschumann2476]

Good job, the art works are saved, but all the hostages are dead.