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Train of Events

1949 · 88 min

A somber, intricately structured portmanteau where ordinary lives converge toward an inevitable, tense disaster, leaving a lingering sense of fate and quiet tragedy.

Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • love
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole
Written by
Angus MacPhail, Basil Dearden, Ronald Millar, T. E. B. Clarke
Starring
Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, Patric Doonan, Valerie Hobson, Joan Dowling, Olga Lindo, Susan Shaw, Philip Dale
Cinematography
Gordon Dines, Lionel Banes
Runtime
88 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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