

Hell Train
1985 · Movie · 1h 30m
CrimeDrama
Overview
Hell Train is a French film based on a true story. One evening at a ball in a small town, a fight breaks out in an atmosphere tinged with racism. Three of the ringleaders end up at the police station. The next day, November 14, 1983, on the Bordeaux-Ventimiglia train, the three men who were candidates for enlistment in the Foreign Legion beat Habib Grimzi, a 26-year-old Algerian, before throwing him out of a window. A young woman, who witnessed the murder, alerted the police. The investigation begins in a climate of extreme tension. In the city, provocations and attacks are increasing...
Ratings
IMDb
4.8/10
Key crew
- Roger HaninDirector
- Roger HaninWriter
- Jean CurtelinWriter
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Roger HaninCommissaire Couturier
- Hammou GraïaHabib Grimzi
- Christine PascalIsabelle
- Karim AllaouiKarim
- Gérard KleinSalviat
- Rabah LoucifFarid
- Sam KarmannDuval
- Robin RenucciMuller
- Jean-Claude de GorosAgent grade
- Xavier MalyLegoff
- Jacques NolotLancry
- Benoît RégentJouffroy
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Themes
skinheadimmigrationracismfrench colonialismfrench algerianracial discriminationmaghrebracist murder























