Rail battle
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German title | Rail battle |
Original title | La bataille du rail |
Country of production | France |
original language | French , German |
Publishing year | 1946 |
length | 85 minutes |
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Director | René Clément |
script | René Clément, Colette Audry , Pierre Bost , Jean Aurenche |
production | Pierre Lévy |
music | Yves Baudrier |
camera | Henri Alekan |
cut | Jacques Desagneaux |
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Schienenschlacht is a 1946 film about the battle of the French railroad workers against the German troop trains. Originally, the film was intended as a documentary, but it was ultimately a feature film. The premiere was on February 27, 1946, in the same year it was shown in September at the first Cannes International Film Festival . In 2010 a restored version of the film was presented there.
Awards
- Cannes International Film Festival 1946: best director, Grand prix du festival, Prix du jury international
- Prix Méliès 1947
Reviews
"The work, shot with amateur actors and an improvised script, impresses with its semi-documentary style, which was shaped by the Russian revolutionary film"
- Cinema
literature
- Thomas Koebner : film directors. Biographies, descriptions of works, filmographies Reclam, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-15-010662-4 .