The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.
Fredric March
as Lieutenant Michel Denet
Warner Baxter
as Captain Paul La Roche
Lionel Barrymore
as Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
June Lang
as Monique La Coste - nurse
Gregory Ratoff
as Pipe-smoking whistling sgt
Victor Kilian
as LaRoche's tall sgt
Paul Stanton
as Relief captain
John Qualen
as Duflous
Julius Tannen
as Lieutenant Tannen
Theodore von Eltz
as Major
Paul Fix
as Rigaud
Leonid Kinskey
as Ledoux
