The Battle of the Rails

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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  René Clément

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  Charles Boyer
  Narrator (voice)
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  Jean Clarieux
  Lampin
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  Jean Daurand
  Cheminot
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  François Joux
  Cheminot
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  Tony Laurent
  Camargue
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  Robert Le Ray
  Chef de gare
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  Léon Pauléon
  Chef de gare St-André
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  Michel Salina
  Allemand
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  Fernand Rauzéna
  Cheminot
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  Jacques Desagneaux
  Athos (as Desagneaux)
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  Pierre Latour
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  Pierre Lozach
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  Pierre Mindaist
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  Marcel Barnault
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  Redon
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  Max Woll