The Battle of the Rails · LeviOsa

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The Battle of the Rails · LeviOsa

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1946·NR

DramaWar1h 25m

🍅71%

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71%

Tomatometer

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71%

Popcornmeter

6.9

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Details

DirectorRené Clément

ReleasedFeb 27, 1946

StatusReleased

Original languageFrench

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Cast

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

Narrator (voice)

Jean Clarieux

Jean Clarieux

Lampin

Jean Daurand

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

François Joux

François Joux

Cheminot

Tony Laurent

Tony Laurent

Camargue

Robert Le Ray

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare

Léon Pauléon

Chef de gare St-André

Michel Salina

Michel Salina

Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)

Pierre Latour

Pierre Lozach

Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

3 fresh · 0 rotten

A

André Bazin

RTEspritJun 12, 2023

The morality of art fuses here with the morality of history. The greatness of this film and its spiritual bond with the cause of the Resistance are not unrelated to the purity of intention revealed by its means and its men.

D

Dennis Schwartz

RTDennis Schwartz Movie ReviewsApr 11, 2011

Obviously more inspiring when viewed at the time of its release than now.

L

Lewis Whittington

RTculturevulture.netJan 28, 2006

Searing visual power that draws viewers into threatening territory physically, politically and psychologically

R

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Information

Title

The Battle of the Rails

Released

Feb 27, 1946

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

France

Original Audio

French

Runtime

1h 25m

Status

Released

Studio

Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

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