THE BATTLE OF THE RAIL - HD

The Battle of the Rails (French: La Bataille du rail) is a 1946 war movie directed by René Clément which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage German troop transport trains.

The fi lm was shown at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix international du jury and Clément won the Best Director Award. The fi lm also won the inaugural Prix Méliès.