An Oldie but a goodie: La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir 1937)

1937 LA GRANDE ILLUSION TRAILER RENOIR GABIN FRESNAY CARETTE
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La Grande Illusion was on TV last night and I managed to set aside enough time to watch it before going out. I fuckin loved it! The film is the story of Capt. de Boeldieu and Lt. Maréchal and their lives in a WWI P.O.W camp. Jean Renoir manages to portray an insightful reflection into class structures of French and German society at the time. He also manages to express the common humanity of man through a brilliant performance by Jean Gabin and interesting cultural comparison between Pierre Fresnay(Capt. de Boeldieu) and Erich von Stroheim (Commander. Von Rauffenstein). La Grande Illusion was such a killer movie and is often said to be one of the greatest films ever made. Go watch it! You might learn something