The Grand Illusion
1937 ‧ War/Drama ‧ 1h 54m
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8.1/10 · IMDb
92% · Rotten Tomatoes
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin), grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison...
Release date: September 12, 1938 (USA)
Director: Jean Renoir
Screenplay: Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak
Distributed by: Janus Films and Réalisation d'art cinématographique
Box office: $414,620 (US re-release);
Music by: Joseph Kosma