The Battle of the Rails
27/02/1946
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.
Cast


Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)


Jean Clarieux
Lampin


Jean Daurand
Cheminot


François Joux
Cheminot


Tony Laurent
Camargue


Robert Le Ray
Chef de gare
Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André


Michel Salina
Allemand


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


Pierre Mindaist
Marcel Barnault
Léon Pauléon
Redon
Max Woll
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