La grande illusion
Jean Renoir / FR, 1937 / 117 min.
Jean Renoir’s classic is still seen as a powerful anti-war statement. Four French prisoners of war during WWI keep on trying to escape, in close cooperation. With performances from Jean Gabin and Erich von Stroheim as an archetypal German officer, among others.
1937 – just three years before the outbreak of World War II. The great French director Jean Renoir (La règle du jeu, La bête humaine) sensed what was to come, and made this warning of the horrors of war.
Details
Director
Jean Renoir
Production year
1937
Country
FR
Original title
La grande illusion
Length
117 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
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