Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
Near the top of any list of the worlds greatest films must come grand illusion. Renoirs gripping anti-war classic is based on a true story of the escape of french aviators from a german prison camp during world war i. The three stars give magnificent perfor mances in this drama on the fading glory & honor of war. Kc Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 11/23/1999 Starring: Jean Gabin Eric Von Stroheim Run time: 111 minutes Rating: N/r Director: Jean Renoir more
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World War I French fliers are held captive by a German aristocrat who considers only one of them his equal. Directed... |
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Grand Illusion (Criterion Collection)
This film was the masterpiece that won Jean Renoir enormous acclaim and admiration in the United States. A moving... |
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Calling on his own experiences as an aviator in WWI as well as those of his comrades, Jean Renoir's antiwar... |
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Grand Illusion - Subtitle Special
Frequently cited as both one of the greatest films about war and one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's... |
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-25-2009
- 4 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:A thought-provoking movie that is also a consistently interesting depiction of prison camps and escape, Grand Illusion works on nearly every level; rightfully considered a classic despite the intervening 70 years,...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-31-2008
- Not Goebbels favourite film
Many European artists of the 20th century had the rare privilege of knowing that their creations were important to society as they were banned by governments who disliked them (not so in today's democratic age where you can make just...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-11-2008
- Overrated
Jean Renoir's 1937 black and white film, Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion), is often bandied about with Citizen Kane on the list of all time great films, but unlike that film, Grand Illusion was a commercial and critical sensation from...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-28-2008
- "Borders are man-made. Nature couldn't care less"
It's incredible to me that I went over 50 years without seeing Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion," but such was the case until recently. The only consolation for all those missed opportunities to see one of the greatest films ever made is...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-25-2009
- 4 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:A thought-provoking movie that is also a consistently interesting depiction of prison camps and escape, Grand Illusion works on nearly every level; rightfully considered a classic despite the intervening 70 years,...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-16-2008
- Retrospection on the Great War
This story is set in 1916. French soldiers are in a bar. Marechal is summoned to HQ for a mission to photograph the enemy lines. But they are shot down (off camera) and brought to the enemy officer's barracks for lunch. The war does not...
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- 1/5
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- Posted: Apr-17-2005
- "Grande Illusion" aptly titled.....
First let me say thatI was raised in France with this type of films. I still think "La regle du Jeu" is one the truly great films of all time. However I cannot dissociate this film from the context: "La Grande Illusion" was shot while...
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