La Bataille du rail

La Bataille du rail
Directed by René Clément
Written by René Clément
Starring Marcel Barnault
Jean Clarieux
Release date(s) 27 February 1946 (France release)
Running time 85 minutes
Language French

La Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails) is a 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.

It was directed by René Clément, and in 1946 won the Prix international du jury at the Cannes Film Festival and the inaugural Prix Méliès. Cinematographer was Henri Alekan.

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