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  1. La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak.The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.

  2. The Grand Illusion: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim. During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp.

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    • Drama, War
    • Jean Renoir
    • 1938-09-12
  3. Lee Pfeiffer. Grand Illusion, French war film, released in 1937, that was directed by Jean Renoir. Elegant, humane, and affecting, it has been recognized as a profound statement against war and is often ranked among the greatest films ever made. During World War I, a French plane piloted by two officers—a.

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  5. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/22/23 Full Review Matthew B La Grande Illusion is a war movie that is largely unknown to the general public, and yet adored by serious film ...

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    • Pierre Fresnay
    • Jean Renoir
    • Drama, War
  6. Mar 1, 2008 · La Grande Illusion now has an established and well-deserved place on most lists of the 10 greatest movies ever made. The film is set among prisoners of war sometime between 1914 and 1918 (the chronology is purposely vague since we are not told how much "real" time elapses between the protagonist's capture and his final escape) and it is usually ...

  7. La Grande Illusion. 1937 | MoMA. Renoir's Grand Illusion is his best–known film and one of his most personal. It includes reminiscences of his World War I experience in the French Flying Corps and pays homage to an early mentor, Erich von Stroheim, who appears as the elegantly civilized commandant of a maximum–security German prison camp ...

  8. A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who ...

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