The Battle of the Rails
FEB 27, 1946 · 85 MIN · DIR. RENÉ CLÉMENT
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.
Cast
Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)
Jean Clarieux
Lampin
Jean Daurand
Cheminot
François Joux
Cheminot
Tony Laurent
Camargue
Robert Le Ray
Chef de gare
Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André
Michel Salina
Allemand
Fernand Rauzéna
Cheminot
Jacques Desagneaux
Athos (as Desagneaux)
Pierre Latour
Pierre Lozach
Crew
Writer
Colette Audry
Screenplay
René Clément
Director of Photography
Henri Alekan
Editor
Jacques Desagneaux
Original Music Composer
Yves Baudrier
Producer
Pierre Lévy-Corti
