The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert as an American soldier who serves in the trenches of the First World War and falls in love with a French woman while stationed in her village. The film was among the highest-grossing silent films of its era and was noted at the time for depicting the physical and emotional toll of trench warfare with more realism than earlier war films. The Big Parade is widely regarded as a landmark of serious, unglamorized war filmmaking in the silent era.
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is a 1925 American silent war drama film
The Big Parade, Description, original language
The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert as an American soldier who serves in the trenches of the First World War and falls in love with a French woman while stationed in her village.
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The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane.
Created By: King Vidor, Article lead sentence
The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane.
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