Wooden Crosses (Les Croix de bois) | |
Director: | Raymond Bernard |
Based On: | Roland Dorgelès |
Starring: | Pierre Blanchar Gabriel Gabrio Charles Vanel |
Cinematography: | Jules Kruger |
Editing: | Lucienne Grumberg |
Color Process: | Black and white |
Studio: | Pathé-Natan |
Distributor: | Pathé-Natan |
Runtime: | 115 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French English |
Wooden Crosses (fr|'''Les Croix de Bois''') is a 1932 French war film by Raymond Bernard, based upon a novel by Roland Dorgelès.[1]
Patriotic student Demachy enlists in the French army in 1914 at the start of World War I. 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.