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The Battle of the Rails (French: La Bataille du rail) is a 1946 French war film directed by René Clément. 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.
The light infantry of the Maquis fights a pitched battle with an armored rail convoy of Germans on their way to Normandy. After initial German successes the Resistance wins, but at a high price. French morale is the intended object of this record of heroic resistance against odds.
The Battle of the Rails 1945 1h 22m Drama List Reviews 71% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Railroad workers fight in the French Resistance during World War II.
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This 1946 film shown recently on a French international channel pays tribute to the men that defied the German invaders in the way they only knew how, by engaging in sabotage to the trains the German used to transport supplies and equipment from France to Germany.
Battle of the Rails ★★★ La Bataille du Rail 1946. Docudrama based on actual events of French Resistance fighters who worked on the railways and, at great peril, stymied the Nazis efforts throughout World War II and aided the Allies during the DDay invasion.
Colette Audry. Writer. A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.
The Battle of the Rails. World War II: 60 Years After 2005 / La bataille du rail / France 1946. A film, both documentary and feature, about the single-minded struggle of French railway workers against German occupying forces during the Second World War.
The Battle of Rails depicts the efforts by railway workers in the French Resistance to sabotage German military transport trains during the Second World War.
Mar 22, 2006 · Brief Synopsis. Features French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during the German World War II occupation.
The Battle of the Rails (1946) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
