La bataille du rail (1946)

Director:

René Clément

Writers:

René Clément (writer) and
Colette Audry (dialogue)

Release Date:

27 February 1946 (France)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

This movie is a story about French railroad workers who were part of organized resistance during the German WW2 occupation. |

Plot Keywords:

Resistance | WWII | Train | Railway | French Resistance

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Marcel Barnault		(as Barnault)
Jean Clarieux	...	Lampin
Jean Daurand	...	Cheminot
Jacques Desagneaux	...	Athos
François Joux	...	Cheminot
Pierre Latour	...	Cheminot (as Latour)
Tony Laurent	...	Camargue
Robert Le Ray	...	Chef de gare (as Leray)
Pierre Lozach	...	Cheminot
Pierre Mindaist	...	Cheminot (as Mindaist)
Léon Pauléon	...	Chef de gare St-André (as Pauléon)
Fernand Rauzéna	...	Cheminot
Redon	...	Mecanicien
Michel Salina	...	Allemand (as Salina)
Max Woll

Also Known As:

The Battle of the Rails (USA)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Movie Connections:

Featured in "La résistance" (2008)

Neo-realist French style.

Rene Clement's first feature about the French rail workers who under the strangle hold of the dirty Nazis put up a fight by causing chaos with the running of the trains. A neo-realist style with unprofessional actors.