Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Acting
Schneider and Trintignant speak volumes in whispered French.
Cinematography
Shot on actual moving trains—claustrophobia is real.
Direction
Granier-Deferre lets dread accumulate in silence.
Director
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Julien Maroyeur
Romy Schneider
Anna Kupfer
Maurice Biraud
Maurice
Paul Amiot
Francois le Verdun
Niké Arrighi
Monique Maroyeur
Paul Le Person
Kommissar
Anne Wiazemsky
Anna Maroyeur
Jean Lescot
Rene
Régine
Julie
Roger Ibáñez
Stranger
Franco Mazzieri
Horse dealer
Serge Marquand
Moustachu
Jacques Alric
Le gendarme
Henri Attal
Le chauffeur de la locomotive
Paul Bonifas
Le voisin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on the actual Paris-Austerlitz to Bordeaux line using real 1940s carriages.
Released when French cinema was processing collaboration guilt; Schneider's own Jewish heritage shadowed her performance.
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