The Battle of the Rails (1946)
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.
- Released
- 1946-02-27
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- René Clément, René Clément
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 48 votes
Cast
- 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
- Pierre Lozach