War Drama Sci-Fi
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
Steve Passeur, Abel Gance
Paul Amiot
A friend of Chimay
Jean Chevrier
Chimay's secretary
Victor Francen
Jean Diaz
Rivers Cadet
A villager
Jean Daurand
Jean-Louis Barrault
Line Noro
Edith
Lucien Callamand
Soldier Damaseau
Jean Brochard
Soldier Staminal
Albert Malbert
A caretaker in Douaumont
Georges Rollin
Chimay's friend
Georges Douking
Soldier Rémuset
Marcel Delaître
François Laurin
Georges Cahuzac
Captain Lecouvreur
Jean-Max
Henri Chimay
Georges Paulais
A villager
Georges Saillard
The doctor
Franck Maurice
A soldier
André Nox
Monsieur Pierrefonds
Henry Darbray
A soldier
Lucien Bataille
A soldier
Sylvie Gance
Flo
André Siméon
A soldier
Renée Devillers
Hélène
Barral
A soldier
Félix Clément
Soldier Gilles Tenant
Sylvain Itkine
Soldier Léotard
Claude Marty
A soldier
José Sergy
A soldier
René Stern
A soldier
Jean-Pierre Thisse
Lucien Walter

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