The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.
as Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
as Sulphart
as Caporal Breval
as Soldat Vieublé
as Soldat Broucke
as Soldat Hamel
as Soldat Vairon
as Soldat Berthier
as Capitaine Cruchet
as Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot
as Soldat Belin
as Lieutenant Morache
as Soldat Lemoine
as Maroux
as Soldat Fouillard
