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  • A man in Nazi uniform stands next to two ragged, dirty-looking men - one in black suit and black hat, the other in a dirty tank top with goggles around his neck.
  • A man in Nazi uniform stands by a train; a group of men stand around him, one holding a gun. More Nazis are in the background, alongside the train.
  • A group of people stand near a train, including Nazis with German shepherds.
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TRAIN OF LIFE

12:30

Tuesday, November 19

(1998, Radu Mihaileanu) When the shtetl idiot warns the local Jews the Nazis are coming, the villagers agree to build a train to fake their own deportation. Unlikely Holocaust-era comedy. Digital. Approx. 103 min.

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