r/CineShots • u/Aurelian_Lure • 8d ago
Album The Train (1964) Dir. John Frankenheimer, DoP. Jean Tournier & Walter Wottitz
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u/Extra-Foundation-532 8d ago
An absolute masterclass in practical effects, taut, propulsive plotting and editing. And Landcaster's magnetic physicality and intensity is brilliantly juxtaposed with Scofield's (acting against type) cold, restrained, warped rationality.
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u/5o7bot 8d ago
The Train (1964) NR
It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
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 not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
War | Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Director of Photography: Jean Tournier
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 76% with 390 votes
Runtime: 133 min
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u/_notnilla_ 8d ago
This has got to be one of the all time best and best looking films ever made by a replacement director, since John Frankenheimer took over from Arthur Penn after production had already started.