Caught On A Train Reviews

1980

Rated:
70
from 1345 members

An English businessman is on the Ostend-Vienna Express making his way to a important meeting. Two women enter his compartment; one is a beautiful young American woman, the other a frosty elderly Austrian woman played by Oscar-winner Dame Peggy Ashcroft. What follows on the overnight journey has a profound effect on the .. Read more

Starring	Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck
Director	Stephen Poliakoff
Genres	Drama, Television

Sign up Caught On A Train DVD

Buy From: £11.93

Critics' reviews (2) of Caught On A Train
View all
"...A revelatory piece of television film-making..."
- Sunday Times
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
"...Brilliant..."
- The Guardian
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Caught On A Train
View all
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

Interrailing for adults

This BBC tv drama comes with a good pedigree. Its stars, Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen, were enough to make me watch this story of a young man on a trans-European train journey and the characters he meets on the way. If you have ever done such a trip this will bring back those memories vividly. You never quite know what is going to happen and you do care about the characters. A gentle British drama - treat yourself!
- - A customer from London, England
  - Posted 21 Aug 2004 21:56
8 out of 10 people found this review helpful

BORING!

didnt finish watching it as could care less what happens next - drab and uninteresting
- - A customer from london
  - Posted 18 Jan 2008 14:32
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

old fashioned acting

If you like a play type of film with people that really act you will enjoy this. It has wit and a storyline. A beginning, middle and end.
- - colin adam from Sittingbourne, Kent
  - Posted 20 Apr 2005 19:53
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Caught On A Train
View all
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

old fashioned acting

If you like a play type of film with people that really act you will enjoy this. It has wit and a storyline. A beginning, middle and end.
- - colin adam from Sittingbourne, Kent
  - Posted 20 Apr 2005 19:53
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

caught on a train

Brilliant portrayal of characters by Kitchen and Ashcroft, character 'Lorraine' felt a bit neglected by comparison. For those of us who love train journeys, the people watching, wondering etc. - a real treat!
- - A customer from Wales
  - Posted 15 Jul 2005 14:03

14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

Interrailing for adults

This BBC tv drama comes with a good pedigree. Its stars, Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen, were enough to make me watch this story of a young man on a trans-European train journey and the characters he meets on the way. If you have ever done such a trip this will bring back those memories vividly. You never quite know what is going to happen and you do care about the characters. A gentle British drama - treat yourself!
- - A customer from London, England
  - Posted 21 Aug 2004 21:56
8 out of 10 people found this review helpful

BORING!

didnt finish watching it as could care less what happens next - drab and uninteresting
- - A customer from london
  - Posted 18 Jan 2008 14:32
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

old fashioned acting

If you like a play type of film with people that really act you will enjoy this. It has wit and a storyline. A beginning, middle and end.
- - colin adam from Sittingbourne, Kent
  - Posted 20 Apr 2005 19:53
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

caught on a train

Brilliant portrayal of characters by Kitchen and Ashcroft, character 'Lorraine' felt a bit neglected by comparison. For those of us who love train journeys, the people watching, wondering etc. - a real treat!
- - A customer from Wales
  - Posted 15 Jul 2005 14:03
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Tickets, please

Outstanding lead performances, and interesting location work. Oddly thought-provoking.
- - A customer from Newark
  - Posted 21 Jun 2008 05:58
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

old vs new

Old Europe pitted against a post-war Europe in the thrall of America.

Excellent acting throughout with a real sense of time and place evident to anyone who was there.
- - sproutee from EAST BARNET
  - Posted 17 Mar 2009 19:38
Classic

As always with Poliakov, a thought provoking and unusal tale. Your worst nightmare train journey but so much more than that.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 20 Oct 2005 11:55
Enigmatic

Beautifully crafted film, subtle, full of tension.
- - A customer from marlow uk
  - Posted 02 May 2006 18:45
A class act

Wonderful atmospheric movie, evoking the Europe of two decades ago with its border crossings and slow trains. Fine acting and direction, especially the delicious performance by Dame Peggy Ashcroft.
- - A customer from beside a canal in London
  - Posted 04 May 2006 22:01
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

A reminder of early 80s european travel

Great british drama. Well acted and thoroughly absorbing watching Michael Kitchen's character get drawn into Frau Messner (Peggy Ashcroft)'s grip. It's also a splendid reminder of European rail journeys of the early 80s before popular and anonymous airline travel.
- - shinkansen1966 from LONDON
  - Posted 07 Feb 2005 11:55

< Prev
1
2
3
4
Next >

Critics' reviews (2)
"...A revelatory piece of television film-making..."
- Sunday Times
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
"...Brilliant..."
- The Guardian
- Posted 11 Mar 2005