The Battle of the Rails

Overview

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

Narrator (voice)

Jean Clarieux

Lampin

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

François Joux

Cheminot

Tony Laurent

Camargue

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare

L

Léon Pauléon

Chef de gare St-André

Michel Salina

Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

J

Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)

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