The Battle of the Rails
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Director Rene Clement Music director Yves Baudrier Language French | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama, War Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 27 February 1946 (France)26 December 1949 (NYC) Writer Rene Clement, Colette Audry (dialogue) Cast Charles Boyer (Narrator (voice)), Jean Clarieux (Lampin), Jean Daurand (Cheminot), Jacques Desagneaux (Athos), François Joux (Cheminot), Tony Laurent (Camargue)Screenplay Rene Clement, Colette Audry Similar movies Fury , Hell Is for Heroes , Captain America: The First Avenger , The Thin Red Line , Max Manus: Man of War , Anzio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Battle of the Rails (French: La Bataille du rail) is a 1946 war movie directed by René Clément which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage German troop transport trains.
The film was shown at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix international du jury and Clément won the Best Director Award. The film also won the inaugural Prix Méliès. The film was distributed in the U.S. by Arthur Mayer and Joseph Burstyn.
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