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Hell Train

Jan 9, 1985 · 1h 30m
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Crime
Drama

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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...

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CAST

Roger Hanin
Commissaire Couturier
Hammou Graïa
Habib Grimzi
Christine Pascal
Isabelle
Karim Allaoui
Karim
Gérard Klein
Salviat
Rabah Loucif
Farid
Sam Karmann
Duval
Robin Renucci
Muller
Directed by Roger Hanin

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Canal+, Hachette Première, Fox-Hachette
Country
FR

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