The riches of the village

The Train is a 1964 French-American film directed by John Frankenheimer. It features Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau and Michel Simon

In August 1944, Colonel von Waldheim, a great amateur of art, evacuated the paintings of masters from the National Gallery of the Paume Game, sending them to Germany.

Paul Labiche (Burt Lancaster), a durable railwayman, is responsible for driving the train carrying these art objects. With the help of his resistant companions, he will ensure that the train and the paintings never reach their destination. Thanks to the help of railway workers and the Resistance, the train will be diverted in order never to reach Germany, and this in particular through the make-up of the station plates.

The shooting started in October 1963, scenes of the film were shot in the Eure, in Pacy-sur-Eure, in the vicinity of Acquigny and Heudreville-sur-Eure, especially where Burt Lancaster climbed the steep flanks of a hill overlooking the track. The final scene of the derailment is not far from the station of Heudreville. Most of the extras of the scenes were inhabitants of Acquigny and d-heudreville on Eure.

Burt Lancaster took advantage of a day's rest during the shooting to play golf and injured his leg. It was decided to add a scene where Burt Lancaster received a bullet in his leg so that he could shoot the remaining scenes especially the one where he crossed the Hom Gateway.