German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to bring all the greatest paintings of France to Germany, Since the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944. He manages to procure a train to transfer the valuable art works while they are descended upon by the madness of retreat. From stealing their domestic treasures, the French immunity however wants to avoid them but also have received orders from London that they should not be crushed. The channel master is tasked with making it happen smoothly and monitoring the train but he is also a portion of a dwindling set of resistance fighters tasked by avoiding the thieving. Others and he point an elaborate ruse to keep the train.