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Grand Illusion (1937) [NR]

Release Date:
June 4, 1937

Original Title:
La Grande Illusion

Alternate Titles:
A Grande Ilusão
A nagy ábránd
De groote illusie
De grote illusie
Den stora illusionen
Den store illusion
Den store illusjon
Die große Illusion
Grand Illusion
La gran ilusión
La grande illusion
La grande illusione
Les Aventures du lieutenant Maréchal
L’évasion de Pinsard
Marea iluzie
Suuri illusioni
The Grand Illusion
Towarzysze broni
Velika iluzija
Velika opsena
Velká iluze
Veľká ilúzia
Η Μεγάλη Ψευδαίσθηση
Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα
Вeликая иллюзия
Великата илюзия
위대한 환상

Genres:
Drama | History | War

Production Companies:
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e Livre  DE: 12  FR: TP  GB: U  IT: T  JP: G  PT: M/6  US: NR 

Runtime: 114

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

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A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

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British Film Institute (BFI)
1952
#13		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#73		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#59		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
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Production

Camera Operator:
Claude Renoir
Ernest Bourreaud

Conductor:
Emile Vuillermoz

Costume Design:
René Decrais

Dialogue:
Charles Spaak

Director:
Jean Renoir

Director of Photography:
Christian Matras

Editor:
Marthe Huguet
Marguerite Renoir

First Assistant Camera:
Jean Bourgoin

First Assistant Director:
Jacques Becker

Location Manager:
Maurice Barnathan

Makeup Artist:
Raffels

Manager of Operations:
Pierre Blondy

Original Music Composer:
Joseph Kosma

Producer:
Frank Rollmer
Albert Pinkovitch

Production Design:
Eugène Lourié

Production Manager:
Raymond Blondy

Prop Maker:
Raymond Pillon
Alexandre Laurié

Screenplay:
Jean Renoir

Script:
Françoise Giroud

Second Assistant Director:
Robert Rips

Set Decoration:
Eugène Lourié

Sound Designer:
Joseph de Bretagne

Technical Supervisor:
Carl Koch

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Suzy Berton

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