Grand Illusion
1937 · TMDB 7.9 · La Grande Illusion
Directed by Jean Renoir
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
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A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape bene...
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- Runtime
- 114 min
- Released
- 1937-06-18
- Studio
- Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
- Country
- France
- Language
- Russian
- TMDB score
- 7.9
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