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Wooden Crosses

Original title: Les Croix de bois

  • Movie
  • 1932
  • 1h 50m

Directed by Raymond Bernard

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 53 votes

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The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.

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Cast and crew

  • Pierre Blanchar

    Pierre BlancharAdjudant Gilbert Demachy

  • Gabriel Gabrio

    Gabriel GabrioSulphart

  • Charles Vanel

    Charles VanelCaporal Breval

  • Antonin Artaud

    Antonin ArtaudSoldat Vieublé

  • Paul AzaïsSoldat Broucke

  • René Bergeron

    René BergeronSoldat Hamel

  • Raymond Cordy

    Raymond CordySoldat Vairon

  • Marcel Delaître

    Marcel DelaîtreSoldat Berthier

  • Jean Galland

    Jean GallandCapitaine Cruchet

  • Pierre Labry

    Pierre LabrySoldat Bouffioux, le cuistot

  • Geo Laby

    Geo LabySoldat Belin

  • René MontisLieutenant Morache

  • Jean-François Martial

    Jean-François MartialSoldat Lemoine

  • Marc ValbelMaroux

  • Raymond Aimos

    Raymond AimosSoldat Fouillard

  • Christian-Jaque

    Christian-Jaque

Director
Raymond Bernard
Writer
Roland Dorgelès, André Lang and Raymond Bernard
Cinematography
René Ribault and Jules Kruger