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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 (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director Award]]. The film also won the inaugural [[French Syndicate of Cinema Critics|Prix Méliès]]. The film was distributed in the U.S. by [[Arthur Mayer]] and [[Joseph Burstyn]].
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 (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director Award]]. The film also won the inaugural [[French Syndicate of Cinema Critics|Prix Méliès]]. The film was distributed in the U.S. by [[Arthur Mayer]] and [[Joseph Burstyn]].

==Cast==
* [[Charles Boyer]] as Narrator
* [[Jean Clarieux]] as Lampin
* [[Jean Daurand]] as Cheminot
* [[Jacques Desagneaux]] as Athos
* [[François 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
* [[Léon Pauléon]] as Chef de gare St-André
* [[Fernand Rauzéna]] as Cheminot
* [[Redon]] as Mecanicien
* [[Michel Salina]] as Allemand


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Films directed by René Clément]]
[[Category:Films directed by René Clément]]
[[Category:French black-and-white films]]
[[Category:French black-and-white films]]



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Revision as of 19:42, 7 December 2019

The Battle of the Rails
Directed byRené Clément
Written byRené Clément
Colette Audry
Produced byPierre Lévy-Corti
StarringMarcel Barnault
Jean Clarieux
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Music byYves Baudrier
Distributed byBurstyn-Mayer Inc. (US)
Release dates
27 February 1946 (France)
26 December 1949 (NYC)
Running time
85 minutes
LanguageFrench

The Battle of the Rails (Template:Lang-fr) is a 1946 war movie directed by René Clément which depicts the efforts by railway workers in the French Resistance to sabotage German military transport trains during WWII, particularly during the Invasion of Normandy by Allied forces.[1]

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.

Cast

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References

  1. ^ Zaretsky, Robert (4 April 2018). "Macron's Been Working on the Railroad". Foreign Policy. René Clément's classic 1946 film The Battle of the Rails suggests wartime life expectancy of cheminots was even lower — at least among those who sought to sabotage the Nazi war machine in France.
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