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The Grand Illusion

by Jean Renoir1h571937France

Recommended byMartin Scorsese, François Truffaut, Jutta Brückner, Akira Kurosawa, Bong Joon-Ho, Cédric Klapisch, Gérard Krawczyk, Claude Lelouch, Clément Cogitore

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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
- Réalisateur : Jean Renoir
- Scénario : Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
- Directeur de la photographie : Christian Matras
- Décors : Eugène Lourié, Georges Wakhévitch
- Costumes : René Decrais
- Montage : Marguerite Renoir
- Musique originale : Joseph Kosma
- Producteur : Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch
- Société de production : Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC)
- Ayant droit : Studiocanal
- Ingénieur du son : Joseph de Bretagne
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1937
- French release date : 8 juin 1937
- Category : Long métrage
- Color : Noir et Blanc
- Language : Français

Bonus archives

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Cinéma Cinémas 20/05/1986: Françoise Giroud, scripte sur La Grande illusion

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