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7.9A 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 has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Released: 1937-06-04114 minDir: Jean RenoirDrama, History, War
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- Jean Gabin as Le lieutenant Maréchal
- Pierre Fresnay as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
- Erich von Stroheim as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
- Marcel Dalio as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
- Dita Parlo as Elsa
- Julien Carette as Cartier, l'acteur
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La Grande Illusion (commonly known in English as "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.
The title of the film comes from the 1909 book The Great Illusion by British journalist Norman Angell, which argued that war is futile because of the common economic interests of all European nations. The perspective of the film is generously humanistic to its characters of various nationalities.
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1930s rediscovered films1930s survival films1930s war drama films1937 drama films1937 films1937 French films1937 French-language filmsAnti-war films about World War ICensored filmsEnglish-language French filmsEnglish-language war drama filmsFilms about shot-down aviatorsFilms directed by Jean Renoir