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Wooden Crosses

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Wooden Crosses

Mar 17, 1932

1h 50m

★ 7.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Pathé-Natan

Cast

Pierre Blanchar

Adjudant Gilbert Demachy

Pierre Blanchar

Gabriel Gabrio

Sulphart

Gabriel Gabrio

Charles Vanel

Caporal Breval

Charles Vanel

Antonin Artaud

Soldat Vieublé

Antonin Artaud

Paul Azaïs

Soldat Broucke

Paul Azaïs

René Bergeron

Soldat Hamel

René Bergeron

Raymond Cordy

Soldat Vairon

Raymond Cordy

Marcel Delaître

Soldat Berthier

Marcel Delaître

Jean Galland

Capitaine Cruchet

Jean Galland

Pierre Labry

Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot

Pierre Labry

Geo Laby

Soldat Belin

Geo Laby

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Lieutenant Morache

René Montis

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