The Battle of the Rails

Feb 27, 1946

1h 25m

★ 6.8

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 Companies

Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Charles Boyer

Lampin

Jean Clarieux

Cheminot

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

François Joux

Camargue

Tony Laurent

Chef de gare

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare St-André

Léon Pauléon

Allemand

Michel Salina

Cheminot

Fernand Rauzéna

Athos (as Desagneaux)

Jacques Desagneaux

Pierre Latour

Pierre Lozach

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