The Battle of the Rails
1946•NR•1h 25m•6.9•Released
DramaWar
During the Second World War, many French railway workers participated in the resistance. Daily acts of sabotage, spectacular derailments: the railway network took many actions against Nazi occupation. Stationmanager Camargue and his deputy, Athos, risk their lives in managing the network in their sector.
Director
René Clément
Writer
Colette Audry, René Clément
Languages
French
Studio
Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Cast
Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)
Jean Clarieux
Lampin
Jean Daurand
Cheminot
François Joux
Cheminot
Tony Laurent
Camargue
Robert Le Ray
Chef de gare
Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André
Michel Salina
Allemand
Fernand Rauzéna
Cheminot
Jacques Desagneaux
Athos (as Desagneaux)
Pierre Latour
Pierre Lozach
Pierre Mindaist
Marcel Barnault
Léon Pauléon
Production
Company
Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Producer
Pierre Lévy-Corti
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