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The Battle of the Rails

(1946)

February 27, 1946• 1h 25m
69%
TMDB Score

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.

René Clément

Director

Top Billed Cast

CB

Charles Boyer

Narrator (voice)

JC

Jean Clarieux

Lampin

JD

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

FJ

François Joux

Cheminot

TL

Tony Laurent

Camargue

RLR

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare

LP

Léon Pauléon

Chef de gare St-André

MS

Michel Salina

Allemand

FR

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

JD

Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)