Train de vie

Sep 16 1998 R 1h 43m
Comedy, Drama, War

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.

Plot

Central Europe, WWII. The village fool of a small Jewish community warns the townsfolk that the Nazis are coming, and advises them to build a fake deportation train to cross the Russian border and get to Palestine. Some Jews are dressed up with German uniforms, and soon they start getting strange ideas about how it feels to be a Nazi; others are infected with the fast-spreading germ of communism. Meanwhile, the Russian border gets closer and closer...

Written by

Radu Mihaileanu

Directed by

Radu Mihaileanu

Production Countries

Israel, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Romania

Production Companies

CNC, Canal+

Languages

Deutsch, Français

Awards

10 wins & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
9,756
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
NA