Grand Illusion(La Grande Illusion)
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France · 1937
1h 54m
Director Jean Renoir
Starring Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Genre Drama, History, War
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During World War I, a group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their class differences after being captured and held in a German prison camp. Beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic officer von Rauffenstein -- who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu -- they devise a plan to escape.
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