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Best Picture Nominees (in Ten Sentences) (478 movies items)"Jean Renoir’s "La Grande Illusion," considered one of the greatest French films of all time, is an anti-war film about the hope the terrible years of World War I will come to an end. The film also alludes to the emotional realism of The Great Depression in Europe, akin to "All Quiet on the Western Front." French aviators Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin), Lieutenant Rosenthal (Marcel Dalio) and Captain de Boëldieu (Pierre Fresnay) are sent to a German prisoner-of-war camp, run by Captain von "
1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) (90 movies items)" Notes: This is indeed a true masterpiece directed by Jean Renoir and I thought it was just brilliant and worked on so many levels. Indeed, not only it is a great war drama, one of the best ever made, but there are also some thrilling escaping schemes and even some hilarious bits here and there. One of the thing I appreciated the most is that there was no bad guy, on either side, which is something actually quite unique. Basically, they had to kill each other because it was their duty but witho"
1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)" Notes: This is indeed a true masterpiece directed by Jean Renoir and I thought it was just brilliant and worked on so many levels. Indeed, not only it is a great war drama, one of the best ever made, but there are also some thrilling escaping schemes and even some hilarious bits here and there. One of the thing I appreciated the most is that there was no bad guy, on either side, which is something actually quite unique. Basically, they had to kill each other because it was their duty but witho"
Prisoners of War - Movies (8 movies items)" Jean Gabin as Le lieutenant Maréchal and Erich von Stroheim as Le captaine von Rauffenstein"
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1930's) (83 movies items)" Notes: This is indeed a true masterpiece directed by Jean Renoir and I thought it was just brilliant and worked on so many levels. Indeed, not only it is a great war drama, one of the best ever made, but there are also some thrilling escaping schemes and even some hilarious bits here and there. One of the thing I appreciated the most is that there was no bad guy, on either side, which is something actually quite unique. Basically, they had to kill each other because it was their duty but witho"
