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Grand Illusion

La Grande Illusion

“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”

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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 beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

Director: Jean Renoir
Writers: Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
Language: French
Country: France
Release date: 18 June 1937
Box office: $172,885

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