Grand Illusion (1937)

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Directed By Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Starring Jean Gabin Jean Gabin  •  Dita Parlo Dita Parlo  •  Pierre Fresnay Pierre Fresnay  •  Erich Von Stroheim Erich Von Stroheim  •  Werner Florian Werner Florian Genres Anti-War Film  •  Drama  •  Escape Film  •  Foreign Language Film  •  Poetic Realism  •  War Drama  •  War Studios &
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Academy Award Nominated  •  The Criterion Collection  •  Academy Award Best Picture Nominated  •  They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?  •  1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die  •  Roger Ebert's Great Movies  •  2012 TCM Fest  •  Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time Poll  •  Time Out: Paris's 100 Best French Films  •  Empire Magazine's 100 Best Films of World Cinema  •  Writers Guild of America's 101 Greatest Screenplays  •  Time Out: New York's 50 Best Foreign Films  •  New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winning
Other Titles La grande illusion [France] Release Info 1937-09-12T00:00:00Z September 12, 1937
B&W  •  114 minutes NR Rated NR
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Grand Illusion vs. Jules and Jim

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The Rules of the Game vs. Grand Illusion

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Comments (3)

 
carayverson

carayverson on 2/19/2015 Reply  · 

"You can't see the borders, they're man made." Genius.

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Celldweller7

Celldweller7 on 8/23/2016 Reply  · 

Beautiful, it stays with you.

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hambone88

hambone88 on 6/16/2022 Reply  · 

If you've seen The Great Escape or Stalag-17, you've already seen a lot of this. But this movie has heart where those others do not.

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