Grand Illusion (La grande illusion) (1937)


Grand Illusion
8.3 Listal rating
8 IMDB rating
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Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

Le lieutenant Maréchal
Dita Parlo

Dita Parlo

Elsa - Farm Woman
Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

Le captaine de Boeldieu
Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Le captaine von Rauffenstein
Julien Carette

Julien Carette

Cartier - l'acteur
Georges Péclet

Georges Péclet

Le serrurier
Werner Florian

Werner Florian

Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté

Jean Dasté

L'instituteur


Written by
Charles Spaak

Charles Spaak



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A great classic

2 years, 3 months ago at Feb 11 6:59
It has been a while since I saw this flick but since it is such a classic, I was really eager to re-watch it. Honestly, it didn't expect to be blown away like this. I mean, I enjoyed it back then but I didn't remember that it was that good. This is indeed a true masterpiece directed by Jean Renoir. I thought it was just brilliant and worked on so many levels. Indeed, not only it is a great war dra... read more
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Jean Renoir’s antiwar masterpiece Grand Illusion, hailed as one of the greatest films ever made, stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp.
Release date : 12 September 1938
UPC: 037429121924
France (15), War (13), 1930s (11), French (9), Prison (8), 1937 (7), WWI (6), Escape (6), Castle (6), Drama (6), Prisoner Of War (5), World War I (5), Aristocrat (4), Anti-war (3), Pacifist (2), Criterion Collection (2), Love (2), Captor (2), Anti War (2), Jew (2)
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" The Ups: Satisfying after a slowly built beginning. Excellent acting especially from Jean Gabin and Erich von Stroheim and engaging direction that highly influenced occupation dramas around the world. The Downs: It took some time for me to warm up to it as the first thirty minutes are painful for me to watch with a terrible show number that stops the entire movie but it works better the second time. The movie ends a little too abrupt for me."


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" The fact that this film was ever considered controversial (and still considered somewhat controversial) is something I find silly. Still, it is nice to know that the USA isn't the only country that would like to sweep some aspects of history under the rug of revisionist history. Yes, there was a time when war was fa bit more dignified and it wasn't until later that guerrilla warfare changed the landscape of modern warfare forever. It is only nationalistic propaganda that builds a war between"


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