Directed by:
Christian-JaqueScreenplay:
Christian-JaqueCast:
Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio, Jacques Dumesnil, Simone Renant, Héléna Manson, Marcel André, Lucien Callamand, Pierre Nay (more)Plots(1)
The story revolves around the building of a railroad track across China, this country where "they kill our priests and burn down our missions"(Simone Renant's words). Charles Vanel portrays the big boss, who would resist till death ,if those "trainjackers" tried to destroy this way to civilization. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Charles Vanel
France
Best movies:
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
In the Name of the Law (1949)
Suzy Prim
France
Best movies:
The Lower Depths (1936)
Mayerling (1936)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
Erich von Stroheim
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Greed (1924)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Marcel Dalio
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Jacques Dumesnil
France
Best movies:
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Life Together (1958)
Simone Renant
France
Best movies:
Dear Inspector (1978)
Three Murderesses (1959)
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
Héléna Manson
Venezuela
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Les Misérables (1982)
Marcel André
France
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Scheming Women (1954)
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Lucien Callamand
France
Best movies:
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
The Black Tulip (1964)
Pierre Nay
France
Best movies:
The Rules of the Game (1939)
La Marseillaise (1938)
Valerij Inkižinov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Last Adventure (1967)
The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958)
Up to His Ears (1965)
Lucas Gridoux
Romania
Best movies:
Behold the Man (1935)
Panic (1946)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Michel André
France
Best movies:
L'Idiot (1946)
We Will All Go to Monte Carlo (1951)
Jean Solar
France
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Emile's Boat (1962)
3000 Million Without an Elevator (1972)
Marcel Maupi
France
Best movies:
Croisières sidérales (1942)
Bad Seed (1934)
The Baker's Wife (1938)
Georges Tourreil
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Behold the Man (1935)