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 Résistance and the Free French Forces chosen by Charles de Gaulle in 1942.
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Directed by Tay Garnett
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Movie Info
Tags
Camp, Free French Forces, Nazi, Prisoner Of War, Resistance, Spy
Attributes
Based On: based on Austrian novels
Subject: about the Resistance, World War II
Subject: about the Resistance, World War II
Alternate Titles
A Cruz de Lorena
BR, PT
A Thousand Shall Fall
, US
Het kruis van Lotharingen
BE
Krzyż Lotaryngii
PL
La croce di Lorena
IT
La croix de Lorraine
BE, FR
La cruz de Lorena
AR, MX, ES, VE
Lorenski krst
YU
Lorraine keresztje
HU
O stavros tis Lorrainis
GR
Om ock tusen falla
SE
The Cross of Lorraine
GB, US
Vapauden risti
FI
Лотарингский крест
RU
ローレンの反撃
JP