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The Grand Illusion (also know as La grande illusion) full movie is released on Sep 12, 1938. Watch The Grand Illusion online - the French Drama movie from France , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $20,356. The Grand Illusion is directed by Jean Renoir and created by Charles Spaak with Jean Gabin and Dita Parlo.

World War I. During an air-reconnaissance mission, German ace pilot Captain von Rauffenstein shoots down the plane of aristocratic French pilot Captain de Boeldieu and his civilian mechanic co-pilot, Lieutenant Maréchal. Before long, the captured officers wind up in the Hallbach POW camp for officers, and they befriend Lieutenant Rosenthal, a wealthy former Jewish banker. There, they organise an escape along with a handful of determined compatriots. However, fate has other plans in store for them. Now, a heavily guarded train transfers the team to the impregnable Wintersborn fortress prison in Alsace, France, overseen by Rauffenstein himself. But something unexpected has happened. As respect and appreciation unite von Rauffenstein and de Boeldieu, the question remains. Will this delicate relationship, and the grand illusion, stand in the way of freedom?

As know as:

La grande illusion, Den store illusjon, Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα, Die große Illusion, Velika opsena

Release Date:

Sep 12, 1937

Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 23, 1999

Countries:

France

Language:

French, German, English, Russian

Stream Service:

Barr Entertainment, Home Vision Entertainment

Production Companies:

Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC)

Gross worldwide:

$20,356

Taglines:

A Great Drama of Human Emotions, A Film of Great Power and Compassion!, Chosen by the 1958 Brussels Film Festival As One of the Six Best Films of All Time!, Banned in Germany! Banned in Italy! See Why? (Print Ad-Gettysburg Times, ((Gettysburg, Penna.)) 29 November 1938), The Film Acclaimed the World's Best Picture All Others Must Bow to...GRAND ILLUSION (Print Ad-Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 27 May 1939), Selected by the New York Film Critics as the best foreign film of the year and acclaimed by the National Board of Review "Best Film of the Year from Any Country"

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Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
It's a smart choice and a peerless film that makes sweeping rhetorical statements about the futility of war while maintaining a laser-sharp focus on an ensemble of meticulously drawn characters.
by rottentomatoes, Jan 30, 2021
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
The greatest World War I movie ever made (and there were lots of good ones)...
by rottentomatoes, Nov 03, 2018
Pauline Kael
New Yorker
This elegy for the death of the old European aristocracy is one of the true masterpieces of the screen.
by rottentomatoes, Jan 03, 2018

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