The Battle of the Rails

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.

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

• 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