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Revenue: $6,800,000
Budget: $5,800,000
Profit: + $1,000,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: It carried their hopes, their nation's honour!
Status: Released
Average Rating: 8
Release Date: Sep 24, 1964
Rating: NR
Run Time: 2h 13m
Original Language: English
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Production Countries: France , Italy , United States of America
Production Companies: Les Productions Artistes Associés , Les Films Ariane , Dear Film , United Artists
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Maurice Jarre
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Writing | Screenplay |
Walter Bernstein
Franklin Coen
Frank Davis
Albert Husson
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Novel |
Rose Valland
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Jean Tournier
Walter Wottitz
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Directing | Director |
John Frankenheimer
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Art | Production Design |
Willy Holt
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Editing | Editor |
David Bretherton
Gabriel Rongier
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Production | Producer |
Jules Bricken
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Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Georges Bouban
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Department | Role | Name |