Eclipse Series 4: RAYMOND BERNARD: BERNARD, Raymond: Wooden Crosses (1932)

BERNARD, Raymond (French)

Wooden Crosses [1932]
Eclipse Series 4
DVD

Based on the best-selling antiwar novel by Roland Dorgelès, Wooden Crosses follows a French regiment in World War I as it trudges from patriotism to disillusionment. Raymond Bernard's film is a passionate and harrowing depiction of the fruitlessness of battle and one of the early French cinema's most popular and groundbreaking works.

113 minutes
Black & White

Monaural

in French

1:33:1 aspect ratio

Criterion Release 2007

Director/Writers

Raymond Bernard was 41 when he directed Wooden Crosses.

Screenplay by André Lang.

Based on the novel by Roland Dorgelès.

Other Bernard films in the Collection:

Eclipse Series 4: Les Misérables (1934)

The Film

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