A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 9, 1985
Original Title:
Train d'Enfer
Alternate Titles:
Hell Train
Ticket zur Hölle
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Canal+
Fox-Hachette
Hachette Première
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
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...
Assistant Editor:
Didier Jouyaux
Rosine Le Noane
Elisabeth Servouze
Camera Operator:
Yves Agostini
Cinematography:
Jean Penzer
Director:
Roger Hanin
Editor:
Youcef Tobni
Executive Producer:
Philippe Verro
Music:
Michel Legrand
Producer:
Christine Gouze-Rénal
Production Design:
Jean-Claude Gallouin
Sound Editor:
Catherine d'Hoir
Sound Mix Technician:
Claude Villand
Stunt Coordinator:
Mario Luraschi
Writer:
Roger Hanin
Jean Curtelin
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