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Wikipedia article




'The Battle of the Rails' (French: 'La Bataille du rail') is a 1946 French war film directed by Ren Clment. It depicts the efforts by railway workers in the French Resistance to sabotage German military transport trains during the Second World War, particularly during the Invasion of Normandy by Allied forces. Many of the cast were genuine railway workers.Williams p.303 While critics have often historically treated it as similar to Italian neorealism, it is closer to the traditional documentaries which the director had previously worked on.Williams p.303

The film was shown at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival where it won the 'Prix international du jury' and Clment won the Best Director Award. The film also won the inaugural Prix Mlis. In 1949 the film was distributed in America by Arthur Mayer and Joseph Burstyn.

Cast



* Charles Boyer as Narrator

* Jean Clarieux as Lampin

* Jean Daurand as Cheminot

* Jacques Desagneaux as Athos

* Franois Joux as Cheminot

* Pierre Latour as Cheminot

* Tony Laurent as Camargue

* Robert Le Ray as Chef de gare

* Pierre Lozach as Cheminot

* Pierre Mindaist as Cheminot

* Lon Paulon as Chef de gare St-Andr

* Fernand Rauzna as Cheminot

* Redon as Mecanicien

* Michel Salina as Allemand

See also



*Battle for the railways

References



Bibliography



* Williams, Alan. 'Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking'. Harvard University Press, 1992.


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