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The Battle of the Rails (1946)

1h 25m · 27 Feb 1946
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During the Second World War, many French railway workers participated in the resistance. Daily acts of sabotage, spectacular derailments: the railway network took many actions against Nazi occupation. Stationmanager Camargue and his deputy, Athos, risk their lives in managing the network in their sector.

Movie ID25964
GenreDrama, War
DirectorRené Clément
Main castCharles Boyer, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand, François Joux, Tony Laurent, Robert Le Ray, Léon Pauléon, Michel Salina
Release date27 February 1946
Release year1946
LanguageFrench
Duration85 min (1h 25m)
Rating6.9 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseCoopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Director: René Clément
Writers: Colette Audry, René Clément

Top cast

Charles BoyerNarrator (voice) Jean ClarieuxLampin Jean DaurandCheminot François JouxCheminot Tony LaurentCamargue Robert Le RayChef de gare
Léon PauléonChef de gare St-André
Michel SalinaAllemand Fernand RauzénaCheminot
Jacques DesagneauxAthos (as Desagneaux)
Pierre Latour
Pierre Lozach
Pierre Mindaist
Marcel Barnault
Léon Pauléon
Redon
Max Woll

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