--- title: 'The Battle of the Rails (1946)' type: 'film' director: 'René Clément' released: '1946-01-01' runtime_minutes: 85 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-of-the-rails-1946' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038334/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Battle of the Rails (1946) 1946 · 85 min · Drama · France Original title: La Bataille du rail ## Synopsis The Battle of the Rails is a 1946 French docudrama war film co-written directed by René Clément in his feature directorial debut, and narrated by Charles Boyer. 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 Allies. Many of the cast were genuine railway workers. While critics have often historically treated it as similar to Italian neorealism, it is closer to the traditional documentaries on which the director had worked. ## Credits - **Director:** [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement) - **Screenplay:** [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement) - **Original Music Composer:** [Yves Baudrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-baudrier) - **Director of Photography:** [Henri Alekan](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-alekan) ## Cast - [François Joux](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-joux) - [Charles Boyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-boyer) - [Robert Leray](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-leray) - [Fernand Rauzena](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-rauzena) - [Léon Pauléon](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-pauleon) - [Jean Daurand](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-daurand) - [Lucien Desagneaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-desagneaux) - [Jean Clarieux](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-clarieux) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-of-the-rails-1946 Film facts: Wikidata (Q181850); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.