Film · Drama, War
The Battle of the Rails (1946)
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
- Writers
- Colette Audry, René Clément
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Release date
- February 27, 1946
- Original title
- La Bataille du rail
Cast
Charles BoyerNarrator (voice)
Jean ClarieuxLampin
Jean DaurandCheminot
François JouxCheminot
Tony LaurentCamargue
Robert Le RayChef de gare- Léon PauléonChef de gare St-André
Michel SalinaAllemand
Fernand RauzénaCheminot- Jacques DesagneauxAthos (as Desagneaux)
- Pierre Latour
- Pierre Lozach
Pierre Mindaist- Marcel Barnault
- Léon Pauléon
- Redon
- Max Woll
