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Basic Info
Release: February 27, 1946
Rating: ⭐ 6.8/10 (43 votes)

The Battle of the Rails

1946 ⭐ 6.8/10 43 votes
Overview

A dramatized account of the French Resistance, this wartime film depicts how railway workers sabotaged German trains to disrupt troop movements and supply lines during the Nazi occupation. Blending documentary realism with fiction, it pays tribute to the courage and sacrifice of ordinary workers who became central to the fight for liberation.

Genres
Drama War
Production Countries
  • France
Spoken Languages
  • French fr

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Cast
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)
Jean Clarieux
Jean Clarieux
Lampin
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand
Cheminot
François Joux
François Joux
Cheminot
Tony Laurent
Tony Laurent
Camargue
Robert Le Ray
Robert Le Ray
Chef de gare
Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André
Michel Salina
Allemand
Fernand Rauzéna
Fernand Rauzéna
Cheminot
Jacques Desagneaux
Athos (as Desagneaux)
Pierre Latour
Pierre Lozach
Crew
René Clément
René Clément
Director
Colette Audry
Colette Audry
Writer
Pierre Lévy-Corti
Producer
René Clément
René Clément
Screenplay
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