Die hölzernen Kreuze
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Emporté par la ferveur nationaliste à l’orée du premier conflit mondial, Demachy un étudiant issu de la bourgeoisie, se porte volontaire pour servir sous le drapeau français. Dans les tranchées, il unit son fragile destin à celui de Sulphart, Bréval, Bouffioux et les autres. Autrefois ouvriers, boulangers ou cuisiniers, décidés comme lui a en découdre avec les « Boches ». Harcelés quotidiennement par des rafales de feux et d’acier, ils font face ensemble à des conditions de vie inhumaines, à un quotidien soumis à la torture insoutenable de la faim, de la maladie et de la dysenterie. Dans l’obscurité des tranchées, les lignes finissent par se brouiller. Les soldats en viennent bientôt à se demander si l’absurdité de la guerre n’est peut-être pas au final le plus grand de leurs ennemis.
Notes : à sa sortie en 1932, le succès des Croix de Bois est immense. Le film provoque un intense débat, s’agit-il d’une œuvre patriotique, pacifiste, ou alors faussement pacifiste ? La polémique n’empêche pas le film d’être plébiscité à l’étranger… jusqu’en Allemagne notamment, mais pour quelques mois seulement. Dès mars 1933, le film rencontre la censure logique du régime hitlérien, nouvellement installé au pouvoir.
Credits
- Directed by : Raymond Bernard
- Screenplay : Raymond Bernard, André Lang
- Cinematography : René Ribault, Jules Krüger
- Editor : Lucienne Grumberg
- Sound engineer : Roger Loisel, Reginald Campbell
- Producing company : Pathé-Natan
- Rights holder : Pathé
- Auteur de l'oeuvre originale : Roland Dorgelès
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1932
- French release date : 17 mars 1932
- Category : Long métrage
- Color : Noir et Blanc
- Language : Français
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