The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails (1946)


  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1946-02-27
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 44 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: René Clément
star 6.8/10
From 44 Ratings
7.0

Summary

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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  • Charles Boyer

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Jean Clarieux

    as Lampin
  • Jean Daurand

    as Cheminot
  • François Joux

    as Cheminot
  • Tony Laurent

    as Camargue
  • Robert Le Ray

    as Chef de gare
  • Léon Pauléon

    as Chef de gare St-André
  • Michel Salina

    as Allemand
  • Fernand Rauzéna

    as Cheminot
  • Jacques Desagneaux

    as Athos (as Desagneaux)
  • Pierre Latour

    as
  • Pierre Lozach

    as
  • Pierre Mindaist

    as
  • Marcel Barnault

    as
  • Léon Pauléon

    as
  • Redon

    as
  • Max Woll

    as
Directing René Clément Director
Writing Colette Audry Writer
Sound Constantin Evangelou Sound Designer
Camera Henri Alekan Director of Photography
Writing Colette Audry Dialogue
Writing René Clément Screenplay
Editing Jacques Desagneaux Editor
Production Pierre Lévy-Corti Producer
Sound Yves Baudrier Original Music Composer

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