Arguably Jean Renoir's greatest masterpiece, an anti-war saga concerning the relationships amongst a group of French officers - captured by...
Arguably Jean Renoir's greatest masterpiece, an anti-war saga concerning the relationships amongst a group of French officers - captured by the enemy and plotting their escape, during World War I - and a meditation on the collapse of Europe's old world order. In a tribute to its power, La grande illusion was named by Orson Welles as the film he'd take "on the ark" and by Nazi Joseph Goebbels as "Cinematic Public Enemy Number One".
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97 %73 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
92 %11,740 reviewsAudience score rating
"An artistically masterful feature, the picture breathes the intimate life of warriors on both sides during the [First] World War."
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Variety
Variety"A compassionate, ambiguous work: an anti-war drama that doesn’t contain a single battlefield scene."
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Total Film
Total Film"Funny, heart-wrenching, nail-biting, caustic and profound, touting the futility of armed combat while turning imprisonment and escape into a microcosm for society's aspirations and contradictions."
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Time Out
Time Out"[This] anti-war masterpiece created a new genre, the POW movie, and with his 1939 La Règle du jeu constitutes a diptych of unparalleled excellence."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The camera doesn't point or intrude, but glides."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Tragic. Moving. Funny. A pure joy."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A moving and inspiring story with stunning direction, getting performances from Fresnay and von Stonheim in particular that were well overlooked come Oscar time."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineLa grande illusion | Details
Award winner- Best Film ('Overall Artistic Contribution') at Venice Film Festival 1937
- Rating
- G,
- Runtime
- 114
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- France
