The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
- Starring:
- Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, (more)
- Director(s):
- Tay Garnett
Synopsis of The Cross of Lorraine
The time is World War II. A group of disillusioned French soldiers are approached by Nazi troops and promised safe passage to their homeland. The Frenchmen willingly surrender, only to discover that their next destination is a German concentration camp located near a Gallic village. The anticipated escape attempt results in an uprising from the French villagers--hence the film's title, which refers to the emblem of the Free-French underground. Cross of Lorraine compensates for its Hollywood's-eye view of France (no more realistic than the Paris of the Ernst Lubitsch musicals) with some remarkably graphic sequences showing the extent of German brutality. The melting-pot cast includes Frenchman Jean-Pierre Aumont as a patriot, Hungarian Peter Lorre as a hateful Nazi, American Gene Kelly as a cynical victim of German torture, and Canadian Hume Cronyn as the traditionally rodent-like informer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Cross of Lorraine
- Jean-Pierre Aumont - Paul
- Cedric Hardwicke - Father Sebastian
- Joseph Calleia - Rodriguez
- Hume Cronyn - Duval
- Tonio Selwart - Maj. Bruhl
- Wallace Ford - Pierre
- Jack Edwards - Rene
- Frederick Giermann - Corp. Daxer
- Emma Dunn
- Gene Kelly - Victor La Biche
- Richard Whorf - Francois
- Peter Lorre - Sgt. Berger
- Billy Roy - Louis
- Jack Lambert - Jacques
- Donald Curtis - Marcel
- Richard Ryen - Lt. Schmidt
- Felix Basch
- Dick Ryan - Lt. Schmidt
- Director(s):
- Tay Garnett
- Writer(s):
- Ring Lardner, Jr., Alexander Esway, Robert Hardy Andrews
- Producer(s):
- Edwin H. Knopf
- 1943 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
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