Train of Life

Train of Life

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1998-09-16
Duration:103 min
Director:Radu Mihăileanu
Actors:Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Clément Harari, Agathe de La Fontaine, Michel Muller
Production:Canal+, CNC, Raphael Films, Noé Productions, 7IA, Hungry Eye Lowland Pictures, Belfilms

Overview:

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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