Wooden Crosses (1932) ( Les croix de bois )

Wooden Crosses (1932) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Les croix de bois
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1932 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Raymond Bernard

Written By:
Raymond Bernard
Roland Dorgelès

Actors:
Pierre Blanchar ..... Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
Gabriel Gabrio ..... Sulphart
Charles Vanel ..... Caporal Breval
Raymond Aimos ..... Soldat Fouillard
Antonin Artaud ..... Soldat Vieublé
Paul Azaïs ..... Soldat Broucke
René Bergeron ..... Soldat Hamel
Raymond Cordy ..... Soldat Vairon
Marcel Delaître ..... Sergent 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

Synopsis:

The film that most firmly established the talent of French director Raymond Bernard before his epic adaptation of Victor Hugo s Les misérables, Wooden Crosses [Le croix de bois] was widely hailed at the time of its release in 1932 for its searing depiction of the horrors of the European front during World War I; subsequently, Bernard was named soldier of honour of the 39th Infantry Division. Adapted from a novel by Roland Dorgelès (a former corporal of the 39th), Wooden Crosses offers a kaleidoscope of cinematographic technique to present a visceral, enveloping recreation of one regiment s experience of battlefield hell. (Its entire cast is comprised of war veterans.) It is an epic tapestry that rivals John Ford's Four Sons and Lewis Milestone s All Quiet on the Western Front in both its poetry of trauma and steadfastness of conviction that war must be held in contempt.

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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