The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
- Directed by
- Tay Garnett
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
French prisoners of war escape from a German camp and go on to fight with the French Resistance.
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What happens
The Cross of Lorraine is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer war film about French prisoners of war escaping a German prison camp and joining the French Resistance. Directed by Tay Garnett, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly, the film was partly based on Hans Habe's 1941 novel A Thousand Shall Fall. The title refers to the French Cross of Lorraine, which was the symbol of the French Resistance and the Free French Forces chosen by Charles de Gaulle in 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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