Top Cast
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Romuald Joubé
Jean Diaz
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Séverin-Mars
François Laurin
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Maryse Dauvray
Edith Laurin
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Maxime Desjardins
Maria Lazare
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Angèle Guys
Angèle
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Mancini
Jean's Mother (uncredited)
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Elizabeth Nizan
(uncredited)
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Pierre Danis
(uncredited)
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Paul Duc
Orphan (uncredited)
Overview
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
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