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Wooden Crosses

7.1/ 1019321h 50m

DramaWar

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.

Directed by Raymond Bernard

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar

Adjudant Gilbert Demachy

Gabriel Gabrio

Gabriel Gabrio

Sulphart

Charles Vanel

Charles Vanel

Caporal Breval

Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud

Soldat Vieublé

Paul Azaïs

Soldat Broucke

René Bergeron

René Bergeron

Soldat Hamel

Raymond Cordy

Raymond Cordy

Soldat Vairon

Marcel Delaître

Marcel Delaître

Soldat Berthier