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Train of Life

Play trailer Poster for Train of Life R,  1998,  1h 42m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 69% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 93% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
69% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 93% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
After hearing accounts of Nazis herding Jews onto trains, an isolated shtetl deports itself, by rail, to safety.

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Jan 7, 2010
3.5/4
Deep and poignant. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006
Plays like a lively farce, full of fun and life, but at the same time tainted with the horror of reality. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Dec 8, 2004
4/5
Jeanne Aufmuth Palo Alto Weekly May 14, 2003
2/4
Andrew Howe eFilmCritic.com Apr 2, 2001
2/4
The marketers would have you believe that Train of Life is a touching, thought-provoking masterpiece. For sixty seconds it's exactly that. Go to Full Review
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Jun 26, 2018 Really heartful fantasy about what life should be like - mutually understanding, happy and peaceful. The jewish comedy is sometimes straight-out hilarious and some scenes are extremely tense for a comedy movie. And then of course, the end that catches every viewer by surprise. An overlooked masterpiece! See more
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Train of Life

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Cast & Crew

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Radu Mihaileanu

Director

Lionel Abelanski

Shlomo

Rufus

Mordechai

Clément Harari

The Rabbi

Michel Muller

Yossi

Bruno Abraham-Kremer

Yankele

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Train of Life

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Movie Info

Synopsis After hearing accounts of Nazis herding Jews onto trains, an isolated shtetl deports itself, by rail, to safety.
Director
Radu Mihaileanu
Producer
Marc Baschet, Ludi Boeken, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Eric Dussart, Cédomir Kolar
Screenwriter
Radu Mihaileanu, Moni Ovadia
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 17, 1998, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$154.8K
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround
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