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.

Cast

Charles Boyer

as Narrator (voice)

Jean Clarieux

as Lampin

Jean Daurand

as Cheminot

François Joux

as Cheminot

Tony Laurent

as Camargue

Robert Le Ray

as Chef de gare

Léon Pauléon

as Chef de gare St-André

Michel Salina

as Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna

as Cheminot

Jacques Desagneaux

as Athos (as Desagneaux)

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