Train of Life Movie Review 1998

Theatrical fable set in 1941 in a mountainous village shtetl near the Russian border. Schlomo the fool (Abelanski) tells the village elders that the Nazis are on their way. So the Rabbi (Harari) and the villagers decide to construct their own mock deportation train and make their way to Palestine. Mordechai (Rufus) plays the role of the Nazi commandant (a little too well), while the others delegate various roles and the train begins to roll out, with any number of problems along the way. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Judaism, Trains, Not-So-True Identity, Great Escapes

Screenplay

Radu Mihaileanu

Cast

Rufus, Clement Harari, Agathe de la Fontaine, Lionel Abelanski, Michel Muller

Cinematography

Yorgos Arvanitis, Laurent Dailland

Director

Radu Mihaileanu

Music

Goran Bregovic

Producer

Paramount Pictures