Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)

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Cast & Crew.

Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal

Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu

Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Dita Parlo
Elsa

Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur

Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur

Georges Péclet
Le serrurier

Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur

Jean Dasté
L'instituteur

Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder

Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais / First Assistant Director

Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais

Pierre Blondy
Un soldat / Manager of Operations

Albert Brouett
Un prisonnier

Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

Karl Heil
Un officier de la forteresse

Carl Koch
Un gendarme de campagne / Technical Supervisor

Renée Lichtig
Editor

Little Peters
Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

Claude Sainval
Le capitaine Ringis

Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien

Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve

Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer

René Decrais
Costume Design

Raffels
Makeup Artist

Jean Renoir
Director / Screenplay

Frank Rollmer
Producer

Christian Matras
Director of Photography

Albert Pinkovitch
Producer

Eugène Lourié
Set Decoration / Production Design

Marthe Huguet
Editor

Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer

Charles Spaak
Dialogue

Marguerite Renoir
Editor

Raymond Blondy
Production Manager

Jean Bourgoin
First Assistant Camera

Maurice Barnathan
Location Manager

Robert Rips
Second Assistant Director

Françoise Giroud
Script

Alexandre Laurié
Prop Maker

Ernest Bourreaud
Camera Operator

Claude Renoir
Camera Operator

Emile Vuillermoz
Conductor

Suzy Berton
Wardrobe Supervisor

Raymond Pillon
Prop Maker

Michel Salina
Media.








Details.
Release DateJune 4, 1937
Original NameLa Grande Illusion
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$172,885
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.
The title of the film comes from the 1909 book The Great Illusion by British journalist Norman Angell, which argued that war is futile because of the common economic interests of all European nations. The perspective of the film is generously humanistic to its characters of various nationalities.
La Grande Illusion is regarded by critics and film historians as one of the masterpieces of French cinema and among the greatest films ever made. Orson Welles named La Grande Illusion as one of the two movies he would take with him "on the ark". Director and producer Sydney Pollack picked La Grande Illusion as one of his ten favorite films of all time.
In 1958, the film was voted number 5 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. In 1995, the Vatican included La Grande Illusion in its list of 45 "great films" under the category of "Art." Empire magazine ranked it #35 in "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.
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