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95 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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The Train of Suicides
19310 FR
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7.3
SOLID
★7.3TMDB · 3
Drama
Synopsis
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Locked in a train, a group of suicide candidates await the death promised them by a crook. When they have almost gone mad with anguish, the door opens.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Vanda Gréville
Georges Colin
Blanche Bernis
Robert Vidalin
Georges Péclet
François Viguier
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Edmond T. Gréville
- Writers
- Edmond T. Gréville
- Languages
- French
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The take
Edmond T. Gréville directs. René Guichard behind the camera. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 195 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Edmond T. Gréville, shot by René Guichard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Vanda Gréville and Georges Colin and Blanche Bernis carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0159046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- René Guichard
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Edmond T. Gréville
Production companies
Who made it
- MÉ
Métropole Production
FR
Key crew
- CompositorRaymond Berner
- ProducerFelix Beaujon
- NovelCharles Cluny
- NovelCharles Vayre
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1931-08-14
