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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

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- "...A revelatory piece of television film-making..."
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- - Sunday Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  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-... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 21 Aug 2004 at 21:56
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  A Classic
  
  This is one of those BBC TV Dramas that snatches your interest from the very beginning. It is not so much a story than a series of events that are very well ... read more »
  
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  - 13 May 2012 at 11:12
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  Just one word: Brilliant!
  
  Just one word: Brilliant! I loved this film, it niggles away at you and you become entranced by the story and its potential to go anywhere.
  
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- - Whiterabbit
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  - Chipping Norton
  - 22 Apr 2012 at 22:32
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  A masterpiece
  
  Superb performances from both stars, wonderful writing, really engaging from beginning to end. Tension ratcheted up almost in a Hitchcockian way. Trigger-itchy ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 11 Oct 2011 at 03:32
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  A great film
  
  A great film !!
  
  I chose to watch it because I am a big fan of theunderstated charismatic Michael Kitchen.
  
  It reminded me of the films on ... read more »
  
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- - fairymary
  - 14 reviews
  - Whitstable
  - 10 Jun 2011 at 15:45
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  Caught on a Train
  
  I saw it many years ago and liked it. It's still good. Michael Kitchen and Peggy Ashcroft are great. It's a little dated, but is very watchable ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 06 Feb 2011 at 11:24
- - 5
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  Surprise and delight!
  
  Yet again I have stumbled across a film that I had never heard of, and discovered a small masterpiece. I was riveted from puzzled beginning to unexpected end. ... read more »
  
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- - Cesca
  - 47 reviews
  - Bridge of Allan
  - 17 Jan 2010 at 18:29
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  CAUGHT ON A TRAIN
  
  Great film. excellent acting. kept my interest right through
  
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- - culag
  - 3 reviews
  - Stonehaven
  - 17 Nov 2009 at 15:56
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  Caught on a Train
  
  I like this. I like the crutchity old German woman winding up the hoity toity English guy. He's such a stick in the ass that even his stick in his ass has ... read more »
  
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- - Candyman1
  - 12 reviews
  - High Wycombe
  - 04 Aug 2009 at 15:57
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  Classic Poliakoff, if a little slow
  
  I'm a big Poliakoff fan and this drama had all the classic touches- main character meets a stranger and has odd adventures, gradually a story emerges... ... read more »
  
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- - ChaucersAunty
  - 15 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 20 Jul 2009 at 15:20
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  caught our imagination
  
  surprisingly good - very much enjoyed this film, quality acting and very atmospheric - fab
  
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- - greenlass
  - 7 reviews
  - Beccles
  - 23 May 2009 at 11:45
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- - 25
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  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-... read more »
  
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- 15581
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  - London, England
  - 21 Aug 2004 at 21:56
- - 10
  - 1
  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.
  
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- - colin adam
  - Sittingbourne, Kent
  - 20 Apr 2005 at 19:53
- - 9
  - 3
  BORING!
  
  didnt finish watching it as could care less what happens next - drab and uninteresting
  
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  - london
  - 18 Jan 2008 at 14:32
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Wales
  - 15 Jul 2005 at 14:03
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  Surprise and delight!
  
  Yet again I have stumbled across a film that I had never heard of, and discovered a small masterpiece. I was riveted from puzzled beginning to unexpected end. ... read more »
  
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- - Cesca
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  - Bridge of Allan
  - 17 Jan 2010 at 18:29
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  Tickets, please
  
  Outstanding lead performances, and interesting location work. Oddly thought-provoking.
  
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  - Newark
  - 21 Jun 2008 at 05:58
- - 3
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  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 ... read more »
  
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- - sproutee
  - 3 reviews
  - EAST BARNET
  - 17 Mar 2009 at 19:38
- - 2
  - 1
  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&#... read more »
  
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- - shinkansen1966
  - LONDON
  - 07 Feb 2005 at 11:55
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  Classic
  
  As always with Poliakov, a thought provoking and unusal tale. Your worst nightmare train journey but so much more than that.
  
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  - London
  - 20 Oct 2005 at 11:55
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  Enigmatic
  
  Beautifully crafted film, subtle, full of tension.
  
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  - marlow uk
  - 02 May 2006 at 18:45

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- Caught On A Train
  
  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 ...