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Hailed by the New York Times on its Paris release as "one of the great films in motion picture history," Raymond Bernard's Wooden Crosses, France's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, still stuns with its depiction of the travails of one French regiment during World War I. Using a masterful arsenal of film techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentary-like camerawork in the film's battle sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chilling despair. No one who has ever seen this technical and emotional powerhouse has been able to forget it.
Original Release
03/17/1932
US Release
04/03/1932
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 Delaitre | Sergent Berthier / Soldat Berthier |
Jean Galland | Capitaine Cruchet |
Directors
Writers
Raymond Bernard, Roland Dorgelès, André Lang
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 Delaitre | Sergent Berthier / Soldat Berthier |
Jean Galland | Capitaine Cruchet |
Pierre Labry | Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot |
Geo Laby | Soldat Belin |
René Montis | Lieutenant Morache |
Jean-Francois Martial | Soldat Lemoine |
Marc Valbel | Maroux |
Christian-Jaque | Un lieutenant |