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Wooden Crosses

Original title: Les Croix de bois

1932 · 1h 50m

Directed by Raymond Bernard

7.1

TMDB audience score
53 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Pierre Blanchar
    Adjudant Gilbert Demachy

  • Gabriel Gabrio
    Sulphart

  • Charles Vanel
    Caporal Breval

  • Antonin Artaud
    Soldat Vieublé

  • Paul Azaïs
    Soldat Broucke

  • René Bergeron
    Soldat Hamel

  • Raymond Cordy
    Soldat Vairon

  • Marcel Delaître
    Soldat Berthier

  • Jean Galland
    Capitaine Cruchet

  • Pierre Labry
    Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot

  • Geo Laby
    Soldat Belin

  • René Montis
    Lieutenant Morache

  • Jean-François Martial
    Soldat Lemoine

  • Marc Valbel
    Maroux

  • Raymond Aimos
    Soldat Fouillard

  • Christian-Jaque