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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (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"
My Favourite Movies, Year by Year
Watched in 2018
2017: Films I've Watched in December
Fantastic Films of the '30s (18 movies items)"Directed by: Jean Renoir During the First World War, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from."
Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"
Best Movies 1919-55, 1994- (68 movies items)"1937 Top10 1. La Grande Illusion 2. Dybuk 3. A Star is Born 4. Pani minister tańczy 5. Pépé le Moko 6. Snow White and Sever Dwarfs 7. Abus de confiance 8. Gueule d'amour 9. Der Herrscher 10. Un carnet de bal"
Movies watched in 2017
Films Watched in 2017 (225 movies items)"15.1. La Grande Illusion on usein esillä parhaiden sotaa käsittelevien elokuvien listauksissa ja kukapa minä olen tätä näkemystä kyseenalaistamaan - ehdottoman hieno leffa on kyseessä. Sotaelokuvaksi tässä nähdään ilahduttavan vähän pyssysankarointia ja patrioottista nostatusta, keskipisteeseen nousee vastakkaisia puolia edustavien miesten ystävyys mahdottomissa olosuhteissa. Elokuvan pasifistinen pohjavire lienee aikakaudelle melko poikkeuksellista. Mitään elämää suurempaa"
“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 a”
