The Battle of the Rails
6.9
48 votes
February 27, 1946
1h 25m
Drama
War
Overview
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
Charles Boyer
Narrator (voice)
Jean Clarieux
Lampin
Jean Daurand
Cheminot
François Joux
Cheminot
Tony Laurent
Camargue
Robert Le Ray
Chef de gareL
Léon Pauléon
Chef de gare St-André
Michel Salina
Allemand
Fernand Rauzéna
CheminotJ
Jacques Desagneaux
Athos (as Desagneaux)P
Pierre Latour
P
Pierre Lozach
Pierre Mindaist
M
Marcel Barnault
L
Léon Pauléon
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