Train of Life (1998)

Train of Life (Train de vie) (1998) Central Europe, WWII. The village fool of a small Jewish community warns the townsfolk that the Nazis are coming, and advises them to build a fake deportation train to cross the Russian border and get to Palestine. Some Jews are dressed up with German uniforms, and soon they start getting strange ideas about how it feels to be a Nazi; others are infected with the fast-spreading germ of communism. Meanwhile, the Russian border gets closer and closer… Awards: 10 wins & 4 nominationsWorldwide Gross: $3,311,162Soundtrack: Cine iubeste si lasa (Written by Maria Tanase)