War Drama
After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
Directed by
Abel Gance
Written by
Abel Gance, Steve Passeur
Victor Francen
Jean Diaz
Jean-Louis Barrault
Paul Amiot
A friend of Chimay
Jean Brochard
Soldier Staminal
Line Noro
Edith
Georges Douking
Soldier Rémuset
Georges Paulais
A villager
Renée Devillers
Hélène
Jean-Max
Henri Chimay
Marcel Delaître
François Laurin
Jean Chevrier
Chimay's secretary
Rivers Cadet
A villager
Franck Maurice
A soldier
Jean Daurand
Sylvain Itkine
Soldier Léotard
Lucien Callamand
Soldier Damaseau
Lucien Bataille
A soldier
Georges Saillard
The doctor
Georges Rollin
Chimay's friend
Albert Malbert
A caretaker in Douaumont
Sylvie Gance
Flo
André Nox
Monsieur Pierrefonds
André Siméon
A soldier
Henry Darbray
A soldier
Barral
A soldier
Georges Cahuzac
Captain Lecouvreur
Félix Clément
Soldier Gilles Tenant
Claude Marty
A soldier
José Sergy
A soldier
René Stern
A soldier
Jean-Pierre Thisse
Lucien Walter

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