La Bataille du rail (1946)

Title: The Battle of the Rails

Original Title: La Bataille du rail

Release Date: 1946-02-27

Status: Released

Rating: 6.8/10 (from 43 votes)

Language: FR

Genres: Drama, War

Production Companies: Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

A dramatized account of the French Resistance, this wartime film depicts how railway workers sabotaged German trains to disrupt troop movements and supply lines during the Nazi occupation. Blending documentary realism with fiction, it pays tribute to the courage and sacrifice of ordinary workers who became central to the fight for liberation.