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Train of Life

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After hearing accounts of Nazis herding Jews onto trains, an isolated shtetl deports itself, by rail, to safety.

Critics Reviews

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/07/2010
3.5/4
Deep and poignant. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 05/26/2006
Plays like a lively farce, full of fun and life, but at the same time tainted with the horror of reality. Go to Full Review
Film Threat 12/06/2005
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 12/08/2004
4/5
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Audience Reviews

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Aender S 04/28/2024 A comedy about the Holocaust even more effective than La vita è bella because it's got a lot of Jewish and also some Gypsy humour. The end will hit you like a train every time you watch the film. A masterpiece served with an excellent musical score by Goran Bregović. See more Andrea Gorini G 10/21/2022 un bellissimo film che riguarda una storia furba,ironica e positiva sulla fuga di un villaggio ebraico che cercando di scappare dai nazisti si camuffano con un finto treno di deportati bellissimo film See more 06/26/2018 Really heartful fantasy about what life should be like - mutually understanding, happy and peaceful. The jewish comedy is sometimes straight-out hilarious and some scenes are extremely tense for a comedy movie. And then of course, the end that catches every viewer by surprise. An overlooked masterpiece! See more 09/17/2016 This movie is a masterpiece. Whoever doesn't like it, simply doesn't have enough culture, enough sense of humour, enough courage to understand it. And enough sense of life. See more 03/10/2016 This movie isn't funny, isn't dramatic, isn't critic, isn't good, this movie is too shallow. Directing and actors' performance are terrible. Review from Italy See more 12/14/2013 Oddball comedy-drama. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After hearing accounts of Nazis herding Jews onto trains, an isolated shtetl deports itself, by rail, to safety.
Director
Radu Mihaileanu
Producer
Marc Baschet, Ludi Boeken, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Eric Dussart, Cédomir Kolar
Screenwriter
Radu Mihaileanu, Moni Ovadia
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 17, 1998, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$154.8K
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround