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The Train

1964Movie2 h 13 minNR

Thriller
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic807.4Rotten Tomatoes94%89%
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic807.4Rotten Tomatoes94%89%

Summary

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.

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  • Pulls you in.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Draws you into power games.
  • Gets your pulse racing.

Not for laughs, warmth or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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The Caperin 365 titlesThe original plan to save the paintings was a Mission: Impossible plot two years before the series existed.The Men Firstin 88 titlesLabiche points it out clearly in his Establishing Character Moment: as much as it will paint him as a jerk to the rest of the Resistance, he will not put more value on the art over that of human live…All 46 tropes

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