The Battle of the Rails
The Battle of the Rails
MOVIE
DramaWar

The Battle of the Rails

6.8
1h 25m

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

Charles Boyer

Narrator (voice)

Jean Clarieux

Jean Clarieux

Lampin

Jean Daurand

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

François Joux

François Joux

Cheminot

Tony Laurent

Tony Laurent

Camargue

Robert Le Ray

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare

?

Léon Pauléon

Chef de gare St-André

Michel Salina

Michel Salina

Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

?

Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)

?

Pierre Latour

?

Pierre Lozach

Pierre Mindaist

Pierre Mindaist

?

Marcel Barnault

?

Léon Pauléon