Charles Vanel, Gabriel Gabrio, Harry Baur
During World War I, a French regiment leaves for battle in a burst of patriotic zeal -- but their idealism is short-lived in the face of horrific violence and crushing despair in this classic antiwar ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007
Stats: 32 reviews
Wonderful French war movie. One of the greatest. Tough, stripped of that humane touch that modern war movie try to develop. Yet, you'll never be quite as disgusted by war as during the mine episode when a platoon has to hold a position for hours knowing full-well that the enemy h...( read more)
I must say one thing first. The effects in this film was splendid. I mean, it was fantastic for its time and though it might be more theatrical or cinematic in its capture of trench warfare than being real, it still brings out the pathetic and plain waste of humanity and yet neve...( read more)
"Wooden Crosses" has left me stunned and devastated. It's one of the most powerful war movies I've ever seen (and I generally don't like them much), and moved me to tears from the first hour on, until the chilling finale. Calling it hopeless is being kind: it's gruesome, bleak, n...( read more)
Some unforgettable moments and imagery. A massive achievement for 1931.
Here's my deal. World War I was a dumb war. Years of history classes and it keeps coming back. There should have been some better planning.
This is an extremely gorgeous movie that kinda suffers only from the fact that it is more of a chronicle of the harshness of war rathe...( read more)
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