The Battle of the Rails
- Released on
Drama, War
•- Runtime
- 85 mins
(43 votes)
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.
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
- Jean Clarieux
- Jean Daurand
- François Joux
- Tony Laurent
- Robert Le Ray
- Léon Pauléon
- Michel Salina
- Fernand Rauzéna
- Jacques Desagneaux
- Pierre Latour
- Pierre Lozach
- Pierre Mindaist
- Marcel Barnault
- Léon Pauléon
- Redon
- Max Woll
Director
- René Clément
Producers
- Pierre Lévy-Corti
Screenwriter
- René Clément
