Hell Train (French: Train d'enfer) is a 1985 French crime film directed by Roger Hanin. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize. inspired by a real story. Habib Grimzi case is a criminal case in which, on November 14, 1983, Habib Grimzi was murdered by being thrown out of the window of the Bordeaux-Vintimille train by three candidates for enlistment in the Foreign Legion, for racist motives.
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Plot
Three men are arrested at a local dance for disorderly conduct. After being released the men locate a young Arab and throw him from the window of a moving train. Isabelle witnesses their crime and informs the police. The crime and following police investigation causes racial tension throughout the town and soon a race riot threatens to erupt.
Cast
Roger Hanin as Commissaire Couturier
Gérard Klein as Salviat
Christine Pascal as Isabelle
Robin Renucci as Muller
Fabrice Eberhard as Lacombe
Xavier Maly as Legoff
Benoît Régent as Jouffroy
Didier Sandre as Dalbret
Henri Tisot as Guilabert
Béatrice Camurat as Mme Salviat
Karim Allaoui as Karim
Sam Karmann as Duval
Pascale Pellegrin as Madeleine
Nathalie Guérin as Mme Guilabert
Alain Lahaye as Poli
Vincent Solignac as Letellier
Jacques Nolot as Lancry
Anne Sinclair as herself
Jacques Gamblin
Alex Descas