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Train of Life

Train of Life

1998•1h 43m•7.3/10
DramaComedyWar

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7.3/10(291)

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.

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Production

Canal+, CNC, Raphael Films, Noé Productions, 7IA, Hungry Eye Lowland Pictures, Belfilms

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Lionel Abelanski

Lionel Abelanski

Shlomo

Rufus

Rufus

Mordechai

Clément Harari

Clément Harari

Rabbi

Agathe de La Fontaine

Agathe de La Fontaine

Esther

Michel Muller

Michel Muller

Yossi

Johan Leysen

Johan Leysen

Schmecht

Bruno Abraham-Kremer

Bruno Abraham-Kremer

Yankele

Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh

Manzatou

Marie-José Nat

Marie-José Nat

Sura

Serge Kribus

Serge Kribus

Michel Israël

Michel Israël

Rodica Sanda Țuțuianu

Sanda Toma

Sanda Toma

Răzvan Vasilescu

Răzvan Vasilescu

Mihai Călin

Mihai Călin

Robert Borremans

Luminița Gheorghiu

Luminița Gheorghiu

Georges Siatidis

Georges Siatidis

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