The Grand Illusion
by Jean Renoir1h571937France
Recommended byMartin Scorsese, François Truffaut, Akira Kurosawa, Jutta Brückner, Bong Joon-Ho, Cédric Klapisch, Gérard Krawczyk, Claude Lelouch, Clément Cogitore, Michel Ocelot
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During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Credits
- Editing : Marguerite Renoir
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Director : Jean Renoir
- Scenario : Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
- Set Decoration : Eugène Lourié, Georges Wakhévitch
- Production Compagny : Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC)
- Photo Director : Christian Matras
- Sound Recorder : Joseph de Bretagne
- Original Music : Joseph Kosma
- Costume Design : René Decrais
- Producer : Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1937
- French release date : 8 juin 1937
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French
Bonus archives
- See special featureCinéma Cinémas 20/05/1986: Françoise Giroud, scripte sur La Grande illusion
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