Other mistake: When Papa Boule kicks Labiche off his train and tells him to throw the switch (turnout) Labiche actually operates one behind the train, not in front of it.
The Train (1964)
1 other mistake
Directed by: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon
Factual error: Near the end of the movie, the prisoners are on the front of the locomotive with the German officer. The colonel is in the cab with the engineer and says "10 miles an hour, no more." Germans use metric - so the speed should've been given in kilometers per hour.
Papa Boule: Renoir... I knew a girl who modeled for Renoir... She smelled of paint.
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Answer: This appears to be continuity or editing mistake where the binoculars suddenly disappear.
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