In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Director:
Radu Mihaileanu
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Title: Train of Life (1998)
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10 wins & 4 nominations.
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| Lionel Abelanski | ... | Shlomo | |
| Rufus | ... | Mordechai | |
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Clément Harari | ... | The Rabbi |
| Michel Muller | ... | Yossi | |
| Agathe de La Fontaine | ... | Esther | |
| Johan Leysen | ... | Schmecht | |
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Bruno Abraham-Kremer | ... | Yankele |
| Marie-José Nat | ... | Sura | |
| Gad Elmaleh | ... | Manzatou | |
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Serge Kribus | ... | Schtroul |
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Michel Israël | ... | Sage 3 (as Michel Israel) |
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Rodica Sanda Tutuianu | ... | Golda |
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Sanda Toma | ... | Mere de Yossi |
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Zwi Kanar | ... | Lilenfeld |
| Razvan Vasilescu | ... | The Tzigan Colonel | |
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Central Europe, WWII. The village fool of a small Jewish community warns the townsfolk that the Nazis are coming, and advises them to build a fake deportation train to cross the Russian border and get to Palestine. Some Jews are dressed up with German uniforms, and soon they start getting strange ideas about how it feels to be a Nazi; others are infected with the fast-spreading germ of communism. Meanwhile, the Russian border gets closer and closer... Written by <spillo@maya.dei.unipd.it>
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Más intensa que La vida es bella... (Mexico)Parents Guide:
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The footage of the train exterior and interior was actually second unit footage filmed for what was supposed to have been the Puppet Wars mini-trilogy, spun-off from the popular DTV horror series Puppet Master. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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16 September 1998 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Gross USA:
$98,687Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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This is a magnificent film. Like "Life Is Beautiful" it manages to be a comedy about the Holocaust but also a sensitive and thoughtful study of it. It's beautifully filmed, wonderfully acted, superbly directed. I can't think of a film I've seen this year that is more entertaining and more thought provoking. It's a comedy, it's a fantasy, it's a musical, it's a drama, it's a romance, it's an allegory and, yes, it's a tragedy. It's also wonderfully European with none of the predictable Hollywood cliches but with fascinating symbolism and revealing studies of human dynamics. But not the least artsey-dartsey. And how I'm tempted to give away the ending. But no! I wouldn't want anyone to miss that cinematic fist in the gut. Wow!!! The whole hour and a half is crystalized in a five second closeup. You won't be prepared for it! This is one of the few films I've ever given a ten!