La Bataille du rail
Encyclopedia
La Bataille du rail 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
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
railway workers to sabotage Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
reinforcement-troop trains.
It was directed by René Clément, and in 1946 won the Prix international du jury at the Cannes Film Festival
1946 Cannes Film Festival
The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from September 20 to October 5, 1946.- Jury :*Georges Huisman *Iris Barry *Beaulieu *Antonin Brousil *J.H.J...
and the inaugural Prix Méliès
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics has awarded 4 prizes - the Prix Méliès annually since 1946 to the best French film of the year. The Prix Léon Moussinac, awarded to the Best Foreign Film category was added in 1967...
. Cinematographer was Henri Alekan
Henri Alekan
Henri Alekan was a French cinematographer.-Life:Henri Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt studios. He then spent a short time in the army,...
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