The Train (1973 film)
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The Train is a 1973
Franco
–Italian
film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Georges Simenon
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When the train is divided into two, the man is separated from his wife, staying with his traveling companion. The dangers and setbacks on the train lead to a passionate relationship.
Arriving in La Rochelle he discovers that his wife is in the hospital and has just given birth.
Three years later, Julien leads a quiet life with his family when he was interviewed by the German police. When questioned, he is asked to recognize a picture of a Jewish woman and member of the resistance. The woman is question is Anna but Julien denies ever having seen her.
1973 in film
The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
Franco
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
–Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Pierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival....
. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
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Plot
Julien is fleeing from the advancing Nazis with his wife and a child. On thea train, his wife, pregnant with her daughter is made to sit in first class, while he has to settle for a place on a freight car. The train heads west and collects people fleeing everywhere. Among these, Anna, a young woman ends up in a carriage with Julien. He is struck by the beauty. She is a German Jew and has no news of her husband who was deported two years ago.When the train is divided into two, the man is separated from his wife, staying with his traveling companion. The dangers and setbacks on the train lead to a passionate relationship.
Arriving in La Rochelle he discovers that his wife is in the hospital and has just given birth.
Three years later, Julien leads a quiet life with his family when he was interviewed by the German police. When questioned, he is asked to recognize a picture of a Jewish woman and member of the resistance. The woman is question is Anna but Julien denies ever having seen her.
Cast
- Jean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:...
: Julien Maroyeur - Romy SchneiderRomy SchneiderRomy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
: Anna Küpfer - Maurice BiraudMaurice BiraudMaurice Biraud was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon * Poisson d'avril...
: Maurice - Régine : Julie
- Nike Arrighi : Monique Maroyeur
- Serge MarquandSerge MarquandSerge Marquand was a French actor and film producer of advanced leukemia.He was the brother of Nadine Trintignant and Christian Marquand.- Filmography :* 1959 : Les Liaisons dangereuses by Roger Vadim : un skieur...
: Le moustachu - Franco Mazzieri : le maquignon
- Paul AmiotPaul AmiotPaul Amiot was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973....
: François "Verdun" - Jean Lescot : René
- Roger Ibáñez : L'étranger
- Anne WiazemskyAnne WiazemskyPrincess Anne Wiazemsky is a French actress and novelist, of the Russian Rurikid family of Princes Vyazemsky-Counts Levashov. Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of François Mauriac. She appeared in Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar and in Godard's films La Chinoise and Week End...
: La jeune mère au bébé - Paul Le PersonPaul Le PersonPaul Le Person was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1963 to 2005.-Selected filmography:- External links :...
: Le commissaire - Henri Attal : Le chauffeur
- Pierre ColletPierre ColletPierre Collet was a French film actor. He appeared in 104 films and television shows between 1943 and 1977.-Selected filmography:*Thérèse Étienne * Greed in the Sun * Mademoiselle...
: Le maire