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Train of Life
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Title: Train of Life

Release Date: 16 Sep 1998

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Drama, Comedy, War

Director: Canal+, CNC, Raphael Films

Production Companies: Canal+, CNC, Raphael Films

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.4 (272 votes)

Cast

  • Shlomo: Lionel Abelanski
  • Mordechai: Rufus
  • Rabbi: Clément Harari
  • Esther: Agathe de La Fontaine
  • Yossi: Michel Muller
  • Schmecht: Johan Leysen
  • Yankele: Bruno Abraham-Kremer
  • Manzatou: Gad Elmaleh
  • Sura: Marie-José Nat
  • : Serge Kribus
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