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.
Adjudant Gilbert Demachy
Sulphart
Caporal Breval
Soldat Vieublé
Soldat Broucke
Soldat Hamel
Soldat Vairon
Soldat Berthier
Capitaine Cruchet
Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot
Soldat Belin
Lieutenant Morache
Soldat Lemoine
Maroux
Soldat Fouillard
