Train of Life - BLU-RAY

In the tradition of Life Is Beautiful comes a captivating comic adventure that the hearts of moviegoers around the world. The year is 1941, and a tiny Jewish community is France is faced with some shocking news The Nazis are coming. But Shlomo, the not-so-foolish village idiot, has a plan before the Germans can dispatch them to camps, the townspeople will InchdeportInch themselves - to freedom. In a daring race against time, they build their own train and, masquerading as Nazis and their prisoners, attempt on of the great escapes in history. With tenderness, suspense and hilarity, Train of Life is a stirring tribute to the strength of the human spirit.

From John Frankenheimer, the acclaimed director of The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, Seconds and Ronin, comes this action-packed WWII masterpiece starring screen legend Burt Lancaster (Run Silent Run Deep, Elmer Gantry, The Professionals). Paris, August 1944 with the Allied army closing in on German commander and art fanatic Colonel Franz Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons), he decides to steal a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche (Lancaster), a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost. Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills, Labiche unleashes a torrent of devastation and destruction loosened rails, shattered tracks and head-on collisions in an impassioned, suspense-filled quest for justice, retribution and revenge. Featuring a top-notch score by Maurice Jarre (Doctor Zhivago) and a wonderful supporting performance by screen icon Jeanne Moreau (Diary of a Chambermaid), The Train was the fourth of five collaborations between filmmaker Frankenheimer and star Lancaster.

When the king of a postage-stamp nation is gravely wounded by an assassin, the search for the heir apparent improbably leads to cowardly Manhattan broadcaster Michael Valentine (Bob Hope)! The reluctant regent finds himself having to deal with a gorgeous general (Signe Hasso) determined to escort him to the throne... and revolutionaries just as bound to see he doesn't make it! William Bendix, George Coulouris, George Zucco also star. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English; theatrical trailers.