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Train of Life (1998)

Train of Life (1998)

Train de vie
103 minutes FR Drama , Comedy , War
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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