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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
A 1937 French war drama film by Jean Renoir, considered a masterpiece of French cinema. It depicts the class relationships and escape attempts of French prisoners of war in World War I Germany.
Oct 3, 1999 · Illusion” influenced two famous later movie sequences. The digging of the. escape tunnel in “The Great Escape” and the singing of the. “Marseilles” to enrage the Germans in “ Casablanca ” can first be. observed in Renoir’s 1937 masterpiece. Even the details of the tunnel dig are. the same–the way the prisoners hide the ...
Feb 16, 2005 · Two French soldiers work together to escape from a World War I prison camp In Jean Renoir's anti-war masterpiece "La Grande Illusion" (1937). They said there was no escape, but two soldiers, one from the aristocracy and one from the working class, join forces to prove them wrong. A classic of brotherhood and honor. From the StudioCanal Collection.
- Jean Renoir
- Jean Gabin
Synopsis. During the First World War, two French aviators, aristocratic Captain de Boeldieu (played by Pierre Fresnay) and working-class Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin), embark on a flight to examine the site of a blurred spot on photos from an earlier air reconnaissance mission. They are shot down by a German aviator and aristocrat ...
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Grand Illusion is a 1937 French film by Jean Renoir that depicts the friendship and escape of French prisoners of war in World War I. The film explores themes of class, war, nationalism, and prejudice, and was nominated for an Academy Award.