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.
Editor's Verdict
"The movie 'The Train' is a 1964 World War II thriller focused on the theft of priceless art. The setting is August 1944, and there are absolutely no mentions of Christmas, holiday themes, or seasonal iconography present in the plot summary. It fails every criterion for Christmas movie classification."
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