A group of french soldiers during wwii are captured by nazis troops and sent to a military prison. History of the cross of lorraine, worn by every fighting frenchman who has been with the movement since 1940. Jean pierre aumont, gene kelly, sir cedric hardwicke, richard whorf, joseph calleia, peter lorre, hume cronyn, tay garnett. Media in category cross of lorraine the following 111 files are in this category, out of 111 total. The cross of lorraine 1943 tay garnett, jeanpierre aumont, gene kelly, cedric hardwicke, war, drama june 3, 2017 with the onset of world war ii, frenchmen from all walks of life enlist in the army.
Cross of lorraine definition is a cross with two crossbars the lower one of which is longer than the upper one and intersects the upright below its center. But for the prisoners and the french villagers who live outside the prisoner of war camp, there is always hopea hope embodied by the symbol of the free french underground, the cross of lorraine. With jeanpierre aumont, gene kelly, cedric hardwicke, richard whorf. Gene kelly, hume cronyn and peter lorre join an allstar cast in a blistering story of a german prison camp that was filmed during world war ii. Gene kelly full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. In most renditions, the horizontal bars are graded with the upper bar being the shorter, though variations with the bars of equal length are also seen.
Cross of lorraine definition of cross of lorraine by. A combat history of the 79th infantry division, june 1942december 1945 table of contents introduction section i. Cross of lorraine original theatrical trailer youtube. The cross of lorraine 1943 tay garnett, jeanpierre. Overview of the cross of lorraine, 1944, directed by tay garnett, with jean pierre aumont, gene kelly, sir cedric hardwicke, at turner classic movies. The cross of lorraine 1944 following the capitulation of the french to germanys nazi invaders, a unit of defiant french soldiers become german prisoners of war. Theatrical trailer for the 1944 world war ii drama the cross of lorraine starring jean pierre aumont, gene kelly and peter lorre. The frenchmen willingly surrender, only to discover. The cross of lorraine 1943 is a world war ii war, drama movie starring jeanpierre aumont and gene kelly. There they will have to make use of his best resources to keep alive. French soldiers jeanpierre aumont, gene kelly surrender to lying nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp. A combat history of the 79th infantry division, june 1942december 1945 table of contents introduction section i through france, 14 june 1944 29 august 1944. A lawyer, a priest, a farmer, a surgeon, a wine vendor.
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