The Train is a movie starring Burt Lancaster at the end of WW II with the Germans retreating from France, the Colonel loves art much of it taken from Jewish homes or is “degenerate” art in the eyes of the Germans. In the eyes of the rest of the world, it was some of the best paintings in the world from French artists such as Degas, Picasso, Matisse and others. The art is worth millions of dollars if transported from France to Germany. The Colonel wants the train filled with art to have the highest priority, the French want the art to remain in France. There is a wonderful circle the French resistance plays with delaying and changing the trip and visuals from the train for the train to remain in France. At the end of the movie, the Colonel says to the Burt Lancaster character who never has gone to a museum or gallery to see the paintings, you have foiled me but this is art is for people like me, you will never be appreciate it. I have won, you have been lucky or something along those lines.

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