The Battle of the Rails

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.

Details

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

Pierre Mindaist

Marcel Barnault

Léon Pauléon

Redon

Max Woll