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The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails

IMDB:

6.8
The Battle of the Rails

Released

2/27/1946

Duration

1h 25m

Genre

Drama, War

Country

France

Cast

Charles Boyer, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand

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.

Cast

Charles Boyer

Narrator (voice)

Charles Boyer

Jean Clarieux

Lampin

Jean Clarieux

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

Jean Daurand

François Joux

Cheminot

François Joux

Tony Laurent

Camargue

Tony Laurent

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare

Robert Le Ray

Léon Pauléon

Chef de gare St-André

Léon Pauléon

Michel Salina

Allemand

Michel Salina

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

Fernand Rauzéna

Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)

Jacques Desagneaux

Pierre Latour

Unknown Role

Pierre Latour

Pierre Lozach

Unknown Role

Pierre Lozach

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