La Grande Illusion
Original title: Grand Illusion · Turkish title: Harb Esirleri
“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”
1937 · 1 h 53 min
Jean RenoirCast
Jean Gabin 
Pierre Fresnay 
Erich von Stroheim 
Dita Parlo
Credits
Written by: 
Charles Spaak
Plot
French prisoners of war in a German camp in the First World War plan their escape.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jean Renoir's WWI prison-camp drama is humanist at heart, treating class ties as more binding than national ones. Elegant, humane and quietly anti-war, it is a classic of French cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (41,456 votes)
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