This is one of my Fav WW2
Homage to the bravery and ingenuity of the French Resistance. Burt Lancaster stars as a French railwayman trying to prevent Nazi officer Paul Scofield from absconding with a train-load of art masterpieces

The Train is very precisely located in place and time with an opening note: "Paris, August 2 1944, the 1511th day of German occupation." The Allies are bearing down on the French capital. In a gesture that is both that of an art lover and an avaricious Nazi determined to make a considerable donation to the Fatherland