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Wooden Crosses is a french film of genre Drama directed by Raymond Bernard with Pierre Blanchar
Wooden Crosses (1932)
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Add to a movie listWooden Crosses (French: Les Croix de Bois) is a 1932 French war film by Raymond Bernard, based upon a novel by Roland Dorgelès.
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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.Actors
Pierre Blanchar
(Adjudant Gilbert Demachy)
Gabriel Lelièvre
(Sulphart)
Harry Baur
Charles Vanel
(Caporal Breval)
Raymond Aimos
(Soldat Fouillard)
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