Overview
Hell Train is a French film based on a true story. One evening at a ball in a small town, a fight breaks out in an atmosphere tinged with racism. Three of the ringleaders end up at the police station. The next day, November 14, 1983, on the Bordeaux-Ventimiglia train, the three men who were candidates for enlistment in the Foreign Legion beat Habib Grimzi, a 26-year-old Algerian, before throwing him out of a window. A young woman, who witnessed the murder, alerted the police. The investigation begins in a climate of extreme tension. In the city, provocations and attacks are increasing...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 9, 1985
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Canal+,Hachette Première,Fox-Hachette
- Cast
- Christine Pascal,Alain Lahaye,Hammou Graïa,Vincent Solignac,Nathalie Guérin,Benoît Régent,Rabah Loucif,Jean-Claude de Goros,Béatrice Camurat,Farid Gazzahand 12 more
- Director
- Roger Hanin
- Writer
- Jean Curtelin,Roger Hanin
- Producer
- Philippe Verro,Christine Gouze-Rénal
- Cinematography
- Jean Penzer
- Music
- Michel Legrand
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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