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Grand Illusion

1937, Movie, NR, 95 mins

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One of the undeniably great films in the history of world cinema, Jean Renoir's masterpiece is an eloquent commentary on the borders that divide people, classes, armies and countries. Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay are French WWI aces shot down by German ace Von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). The two survive the crash and are invited to lunch by Rauffenstein before ground troops arrive to cart the French officers off to a POW camp. Read the complete review for Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion: Cast & Details

Year: 1937
Rated NR
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Cast
 Jean Gabin: Marechal
Pierre Fresnay: Capt. de Boeldieu
Erich von Stroheim: Von Rauffenstein
Marcel Dalio: Rosenthal
Dita Parlo: Elsa, Farm Woman
Julien Carette: Cartier

 

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Captain von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim) introduces his prisoners to his mountain lair...
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Two officers of the aristocratic class, on opposite sides, realize they both may lose the war...
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Director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich introduces Jean Renoir's story of French...
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French prisoner-of-war Marechal (Jean Gabin) attempts escape from solitary in Jean Renoir's...
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