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The Battle of the Rails

1946·85 min

The Battle of the Rails

Directed by René Clément

DramaWar

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.

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Lampin

Cheminot

Cheminot

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Director of Photography

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Pierre Lévy-Corti

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Tony Laurent

Camargue

Chef de gare

Chef de gare St-André

Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)

Pierre Mindaist

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The Battle of the Rails (1946) is about 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.

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René Clément directed The Battle of the Rails (1946).

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