---
title: 'The Cross of Lorraine (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tay Garnett'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cross-of-lorraine-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035769/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cross of Lorraine (1943)

1943 · 90 min · War · United States


## Synopsis

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 French Resistance and the Free French Forces chosen by Charles de Gaulle in 1942.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tay Garnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tay-garnett)
- **Screenplay:** [Ring Lardner Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/ring-lardner-jr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Edwin H. Knopf](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-h-knopf)
- **Editor:** [Dan Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-milner-2)

## Cast

- [Richard Whorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-whorf)
- [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn)
- [Joseph Calleia](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-calleia)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Paul Langton](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-langton)
- [John Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-abbott)
- [Wallace Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-ford)
- [Gene Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-kelly)
- [Richard Ryen](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ryen)
- [Jack Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lambert)
- [Jean-Pierre Aumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-aumont)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [Tonio Selwart](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonio-selwart)

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