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Grand Illusion
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NR,1hr 51min
Genres:
Drama,War
Released:
January 1, 1937
Director:
Jean Renoir
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Pierre Fresnay  ...more
Synopsis: Frequently cited as both one of the greatest films about war and one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion is an often witty, sometimes poignant, frequently moving examination of the futility of war. During World War I, twoFrench airmen are shot down while taking surveillance photographs in German territory: Capt. de Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay), a wealthy and aristocratic officer; Lt. Maréchal (Jean Gabin), a burly but intelligent working-class mechanic. The three are brought ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola
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A "poetic realist" masterpiece, Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937) eloquently revealed the absurdity of war in a story about escape from a World War I German prison camp. One of the first sound film masters of the mobile camera, Renoir structured his film through a series of long takes in deep focus, moving gracefully yet subtly among the characters to embed them in rather than isolate them from their ... Full Review
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Jean Gabin
Lieutenant Maréchal
Julien Carette
The Actor
Pierre Fresnay
Capt. de Boeldieu
Erich Von Stroheim
Von Rauffenstein
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