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| The Cross of Lorraine | |
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| Directed by | Tay Garnett |
| Screenplay by | Ring Lardner Jr. Michael Kanin Robert Hardy Andrews Alexander Esway |
| Story by | Robert Aisner Lilo Dammert |
| Based on | A Thousand Shall Fall 1941 novel by Hans Habe |
| Produced by | Edwin H. Knopf |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Aumont Gene Kelly |
| Cinematography | Sidney Wagner |
| Edited by | Dan Milner |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,010,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,248,000[1] |
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.[2]
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Hoffmann, Hilmar (1996). The Triumph of Propaganda: Film and National Socialism, 1933-1945. Berghahn Books. pp. 188–189. ISBN 978-1-57181-122-6.