The film may be appreciated both as a complex story with many levels of meaning or as a good suspense story. A group of people in a train are as diverse as life itself, each character has a symbol, each person minds his own business oblivious to the others. During the journey the people disappear.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
005737
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travelers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Suspense
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)