La Grande Illusion
(The Grand Illusion)
95 minutes,
France (1937), PG
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(5 / 4 votes)
(5 / 4 votes)
One of the true classics of world cinema and a landmark anti-war statement by the great Jean Renoir
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La Grande Illusion: La Grande Illusion is less about the rigours of modern combat than its dehumanizing influence on the participants. The story centres on two French soldiers, working class Lieutenant Maréchal (Gabin) and upper class Captain De Boeldieu (Fresnay), taken captive during the First World War. The story is given drive by their attempts to escape the POW cmap where they are interned...
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