Train of Life
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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Cast
18 people
Lionel Abelanski
Shlomo
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Rufus
Mordechai
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Amélie
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Clément Harari
Rabbi
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Inspector Blunder
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Agathe de La Fontaine
Esther
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Another 9 1/2 Weeks
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Michel Muller
Yossi
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Wasabi
The Borgias
Johan Leysen
Schmecht
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The American
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Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Yankele
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Coco Before Chanel
Smart Ass
Gad Elmaleh
Manzatou
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Priceless
The Adventures of Tintin
Marie-José Nat
Sura
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The Truth
Serge Kribus
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Michel Israël
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The Last Diamond
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Rodica Sanda Țuțuianu
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Radu Mihăileanu Director · Goran Bregović Composer Laurent Dailland Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $3.3M · Budget $155K · United States release January 27, 1999
Box office
Budget
$154,790
Worldwide gross
$3,311,162
Gross vs. budget
21.4×
Production
Canal+
Production
CNC
Production
Raphael Films
Production
Noé Productions
Production
7IA
Production
Hungry Eye Lowland Pictures
Production
Belfilms
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Belgium · Israel · Netherlands · Romania · France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Train de vie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 1998
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · September 16, 1998
Theatrical
United States · January 27, 1999
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Argentina
April 3, 1999 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
September 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Australia
March 18, 1999 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Belgium
November 25, 1998 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 9, 2002 · TV · Swen mj.gov.br
Czechia
July 5, 1999 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
January 25, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Hungary
December 5, 1999 · Premiere · European Film Week
Italy
January 22, 1999 · Theatrical
Romania
July 26, 2002 · Theatrical
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