The Battle of the Rails

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.

• René ClémentDirector
• Colette AudryWriter
• Yves BaudrierOriginal Music Composer
• René ClémentScreenplay

• Charles BoyerNarrator (voice)
• Jean ClarieuxLampin
• Jean DaurandCheminot
• François JouxCheminot
• Tony LaurentCamargue
• Robert Le RayChef de gare
• Léon PauléonChef de gare St-André
• Michel SalinaAllemand
• Fernand RauzénaCheminot
• Jacques DesagneauxAthos (as Desagneaux)
• Pierre LatourCast
• Pierre LozachCast