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The Cross of Lorraine

"MGM's drama of the fighting French!"

1943-11-12 War 1hr 30m

French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.

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French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.

  • Released
    1943-11-12
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 30m
  • Genre
    War, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Deutsch
  • imdb-logo
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  • Production
    Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Crew

Tay Garnett
Director
Hans Habe
Novel
Keywords:
nazi spy world war ii french resistance false accusations

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Cast

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Paul
Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly
Victor
Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke
Father Sebastian
Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre
Sergeant Berger
Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn
Duval
Richard Whorf

Richard Whorf
François
Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia
Rodriguez
Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford
Pierre
Richard Ryen

Richard Ryen
Lt. Schmidt
Jack Lambert

Jack Lambert
Jacques
William Royle

William Royle
Louis
John Abbott

John Abbott
Baker

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Reviews for The Cross of Lorraine
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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2014-03-27

Tight film making across the board. The Cross of Lorraine is directed by Tay Garnett {The Postman Always Rings Twice/A Connecticut Yankee... read more

Tight film making across the board. The Cross of Lorraine is directed by Tay Garnett {The Postman Always Rings Twice/A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court} & it stars Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly and was adapted from Hans Habe's novel A Thousand Shall Fall. The story is about French prisoners of war held by the Germans in World War II. Yep, sure enough it's a propaganda piece, yep, sure enough it's low on budget, and, yep, the outcome will hold no surprises for anyone aware of propaganda based cinema. But don't let that in any way detract from what a tightly scripted and acted picture this is. Coming as it did in 1943 one could be forgiven for expecting a watered down tale of prisoners under duress; rising up and flipping the bird to those dam dirty Nazis. Yet, and with much thanks, we get a gritty and often brutal movie that's not afraid to call it as it sees it. The war, in case anyone was asleep during history class, was very much a case of the good against the bad and the makers here only reiterate that basic fact. With a couple of scenes memorable and worth the patience that is required to roll along with the predominantly dialogue driven tale. Backing up Kelly & Aumont are Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke, Hume Cronyn & Wallace Ford. Which alone speaks volumes as to why this is a nifty little treasure yearning to be dug out by other film fans. But this also has a good print which is devoid of fractures and makes for an easy on the eye experience. A film like this now would most likely be laughed out of the studio executive offices, but this is 1943, a troubled time, and this is a fine movie that certainly has enough intelligence and spunk to stop it getting weighed down by flag waving histrionics. 7/10

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A Review by John Chard

Tight film making across the board. The Cross of Lorraine is directed by Tay Garnett {The Postman Always Rings Twice/A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court} & it stars Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly and was adapted from Hans Habe...

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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2014-03-27

Tight film making across the board. The Cross of Lorraine is directed by Tay Garnett {The Postman Always Rings Twice/A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court} & it stars Jean-Pierre Aumont and G...

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