Wooden Crosses

Wooden Crosses (Les Croix de bois)
Directed by	Raymond Bernard
Written by	Raymond Bernard André Lang
Based on	Roland Dorgelès
Starring	Pierre Blanchar Gabriel Gabrio Charles Vanel
Cinematography	Jules Kruger
Edited by	Lucienne Grumberg
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Pathé-Natan
Distributed by	Pathé-Natan
Release date	17 March 1932 (1932-03-17)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French English

Wooden Crosses (French: Les Croix de Bois) is a 1932 French war film by Raymond Bernard, based upon a novel by Roland Dorgelès.

Plot

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.

Cast (in credits order)

• Pierre Blanchar as Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
• Gabriel Gabrio as Sulphart
• Charles Vanel as Caporal Breval
• Raymond Aimos as Soldat Fouillard
• Antonin Artaud as Soldat Vieuble
• Paul Azaïs as Soldat Broucke
• René Bergeron as Soldat Hamel
• Raymond Cordy as Soldat Vairon
• Marcel Delaitre as Sergent Berthier
• Jean Galland as Capitaine Cruchet
• Pierre Labry as Soldat Bouffioux, Le Cuistot
• Geo Laby as Soldat Belin
• René Montis as Lieutenant Morache
• Jean-François Martial as Soldat Lemoine
• Marc Valbel as Maroux

External links

• Wooden Crosses at IMDb
• Wooden Crosses at AllMovie
• Wooden Crosses at the TCM Movie Database