: While the journey is filled with humor and hope, the ending reveals Shlomo in a real concentration camp, revealing the story as a bittersweet fantasy. Key Credits Train of Life (1998) - Full cast & crew - IMDb

: The train aims to cross the Russian border to reach Palestine. Along the way, they encounter real Nazis, communist internal conflicts, and even a group of Roma people who are also attempting to escape using a similar ruse.

(French: Train de vie ; Italian: Un treno per vivere ) is a 1998 tragicomedy directed by Radu Mihăileanu . It is a fable about a Jewish village in Eastern Europe during WWII that decides to "deport" themselves to escape the Holocaust. Plot Overview

: After Shlomo, the "village idiot," warns that Nazis are approaching, the elders decide to build a fake deportation train. Villagers play all the roles: some as deportees and others as Nazi guards in tailored SS uniforms.

Cast * Lionel Abelanski. Shlomo. * Rufus. Mordechai. * Clément Harari. The Rabbi. * Michel Muller. Yossi. * Agathe de La Fontaine. Train of Life (1998) - IMDb