Cross of the Living
1962, French. Directed by Ivan Govar.
Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the richest person in the area, into getting him a job. But Yan is soon drawn to Maria, the sultry girl Gus lives with.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 25 July 1962
- Original title
- La Croix des vivants
- Country
- Belgium, France
- Written by
- Jean-Claude Dumontier, Christine Dumontier
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Who directed Cross of the Living?
Cross of the Living (1962) was directed by Ivan Govar and stars Karlheinz Böhm, Pascale Petit, Giani Esposito.