The Lost Battalion

1919
1h 10m

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A battalion of the U. S. Army's 77th Division penetrates deep into the Argonne Forest of France during the First World War. The battalion becomes surrounded and holds out for six long days, ... Read allA battalion of the U. S. Army's 77th Division penetrates deep into the Argonne Forest of France during the First World War. The battalion becomes surrounded and holds out for six long days, awaiting reinforcement and rescue.A battalion of the U. S. Army's 77th Division penetrates deep into the Argonne Forest of France during the First World War. The battalion becomes surrounded and holds out for six long days, awaiting reinforcement and rescue.

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Robert Alexander

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(as Major General Robert Alexander)

George G. McMurtry

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(as Major George G. McMurtry)

Charles W. Whittlesey

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(as Lt. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey)

William J. Cullen

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(as Capt. William J. Cullen)

Arthur F. McKeogh

Self - Adjutant to Lt. Col. Whittlesey
(as Lieutenant Arthur F. McKeogh)

Augustus Kaiser

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(as Lieut. Augustus Kaiser)

Jack Hershkowitz

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(as Private Jack Hershkowitz)

Philip Cepaglia

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(as Corporal Philip Cepaglia)

Herman J. Bergasse

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(as Sergeant Herman J. Bergasse)

J.J. Munson

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(as Private J.J. Munson)

Abraham Krotoshinisky

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(as Private Abraham Krotoshinisky)

Jack McLean

The Kicker

Gaston Glass

Richard Merwin's Son

Marion Coakley

Nancy Brystal - Richard Merwin's Ward

Lieutenant Jordan

Self - An Officer Friend

Helen Ferguson

The Stenographer

Mrs. Stuart Robson

The Landlady

Sidney D'Albrook

The Burglar
(as Sydney D'Albrook)

Director
- Burton L. King
Writer
- Charles Logue
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Trivia
As much as possible, the enactment of the events were made with the original people who survived. Actual maps and documents were used in the film, which was authorized by the U.S. Government. Some footage by the U.S. Signal Corps was also used in the film.

Alternate versions
The Library of Congress preservation print has an uncredited piano score and runs 67 minutes.

Connections
Remade as Le bataillon perdu (2001)

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Featured review

more social commentary than derring-do

I suspect that anyone who enjoyed the 2001 television film of the same title and on the same subject would be rather disappointed by this film featuring the real people concerned. On the other hand many people who would be totally uninterested in the 2001 film will enjoy this. Burton King really rather brilliantly turns the whole story into a kind of allegory of "melting pot" America (less than half the film is concerned with the famous battle) - and bear in mind that the term "melting pot" had only come into use in 1908 but proved vital to US propaganda during he war. It is actually a remarkable social docufiction as, amongst the existing reviewers, only the Geman Count sems to appreciate (as he would), for which the wartime tale of derring-do simply provides the occasion.