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THE CROSS OF LORRAINE |
Title of the Film | THE CROSS OF LORRAINE |
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Year of Release | 1943 |
Country of Origin | US |
Language(s) | English |
Run Time (in minutes) | 90 |
Length (in meters) | 2473 |
Colour | b/w |
Genre | War, anti-Nazi |
Based on/Source | Story by Lilo Damert, Robert Aisner; novel "A Thousand Shall Fall" by Hans Habe |
Production Companies | Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Producer(s) | Edwin Knopf |
Director | Tay Garnett |
Cast | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Joseph Calleia, Tonio Selwart, Richard Ryen, Frederick Giermann, Peter Helmers, Fred Nurney, Louis Arco, Lionel Royce, Frederick Brunn, Otto Reichow, Hans von Twardowski, Walter Bonn, Felix Basch, Harro Meller |
Literature | New York Times, 3 December 1943 The Nation, 4 December 1943 (James Agee) Aufbau, 10 December 1943 Kinematograph Weekly, 24 February 1944 Monthly Film Bulletin, February 1944 Jewish Chronicle, 7 April 1944 Times, 10 April 1944 Picturegoer, 13 May 1944 |
Special notes | Screenplay: Michael Kanin, Ring Lardner Jr., Alexander Esway, Robert D. Andrews Music: Bronislau Kaper |