

The Cross of Lorraine
MGM's drama of the fighting French!
French soldiers surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison of war camp. From there they plan an uprising.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- nazi
- world war ii
- prison escape
- french resistance
- german occupation of france
- surrender
- anti-nazi resistance
- nazi collaborationism
- pow escape
- prison brutality
- french army
- military prisoners
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- Theatrical12 Nov 1943
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The Cross of Lorraine was released on 12 November 1943.
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1- J7/10
John Chard
3/27/2014
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 l…
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