The Battle of the Rails
Released
February 27, 1946
Runtime: 1h 25m
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.
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Cast & Crew
Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)
Jean Clarieux
Lampin
Jean Daurand
Cheminot
François Joux
Cheminot
Tony Laurent
Camargue
Robert Le Ray
Chef de gare
- LP
Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André
Michel Salina
Allemand
Fernand Rauzéna
Cheminot
- JD
Jacques Desagneaux
Athos (as Desagneaux)
- PL
Pierre Latour
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- PL
Pierre Lozach
—
Pierre Mindaist
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- MB
Marcel Barnault
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- LP
Léon Pauléon
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- RE
Redon
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- MW
Max Woll
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René Clément
Director
Colette Audry
Writer
René Clément
Screenplay
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