
The Battle of the Rails
Release Date: 1946-02-27
Language: FR
Country: 🇫🇷 FR
Rating:
⭐ 6.8 / 10
( 43 votes )
Runtime: 1h 25m
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.
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Cast

Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)

Jean Clarieux
Lampin

Jean Daurand
Cheminot

François Joux
Cheminot

Tony Laurent
Camargue

Robert Le Ray
Chef de gare
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Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André
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Michel Salina
Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna
Cheminot
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Jacques Desagneaux
Athos (as Desagneaux)
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Pierre Latour
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Pierre Lozach