The Train - Classic War Film

[melmerby]

Hi all

Just a heads up that the film "The Train" with Burt Lancaster is on TV again.

It's on BBC2 at 1550, Sunday.

It's about the resistance trying to stop a train full of looted French art being taken to Berlin.

 

If you haven't seen it it is worth a look, just for the use of real trains, rather than models for the action scenes.

Edited February 1, 2020 by melmerby

[Fat Controller]

1 hour ago, melmerby said:

Hi all

Just a heads up that the film "The Train" with Burt Lancaster is on TV again.

It's on BBC2 at 1550, Sunday.

It's about the resistance trying to stop a train full of looted French art being taken to Berlin.

 

If you haven't seen it it is worth a look, just for the use of real trains, rather than models for the action scenes.

Filmed near Rouen; an acquaintance's grand-father was station-master at one of the stations used for filming.

[philsandy]

Regardless as to whether you have any interest in railways or not, this is a terrific film, a great story, and one of my all time favourites.

No special effects or CGI here, the train crashes are for real.

[micklner]

Good read here , excellent film.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Train_(1964_film)

[Ian Morgan]

and the scene where Burt Lancaster remetals a bearing is instructional, and appears to have been shot in a single cut.

 

[wenlock]

Not on BBC 2  Wales 

[Bernard Lamb]

On 01/02/2020 at 20:11, wenlock said:

Not on BBC 2  Wales 

Can't you get it through a Play menu?

It should be available for a few days.

I caught up with viewing it late last night.

Viewing it on a large screen for the first time it was quite revealing in showing up some details of the track.

Bernard

[wenlock]

Excellent idea Bernard!  I've just checked and i'ts on the BBC player app.  I shall download it and watch it later on