The Big Parade
“The epic of the American doughboy!”
1925 · 2 h 31 min
King VidorCast
John Gilbert 
Renée Adorée 
Hobart Bosworth
Credits
Written by: Laurence Stallings
Plot
A rich young American enlists in the First World War, finds love in a French village and loses his leg at the front.
Sinekatalog’s take
King Vidor's silent epic follows a rich American doughboy through love in France and the horrors of the trenches. Moving and visceral, with John Gilbert and Renée Adorée, it was a huge hit and set the war film template.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (7,947 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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