Two French Air Corps officers, one an artistocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds they are drawn together in excape attempts.
French prisoners determined to escape from Von Stroheim, their German captor - an officer and gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
Drame psychologique. En 1918, au cours d'une mission de reconnaissance, un avion français est abattu dans les lignes ennemies. Le capitaine et le lieutenant sont internés dans un camp allemand où ils doivent vivre au milieu de prisonniers français de différentes conditions. La guerre a rapproché les hommes, mais la "grande illusion" c'est de croire que tous peuvent fraterniser complètement. Avec Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo.
(大幻影)描述了法國軍官在俘虜營的生活以及驚險脫逃的過程.尚雷諾不但傳達了戰俘營裡同仇敵慨的愛國士氣與向心力,更厲害的是還捕捉到本應對立的德,法貴族軍官曖昧的惺惺相惜,讓前者的跨階級與後者的跨國籍,彈奏出複雜而深刻的弦外之音.清澈過人的觀點與流暢生動的敘事,不僅令本片成為史上第一部入圍奧斯卡最佳影片的外國片,也被公認為親炙尚雷諾風格的最佳入門作品.
Classic anti-war film in which French prisoners of war in 1916 are determined to esape from their German captor -- an officer and gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
Tells the story of a group of French officers held prisoner by the Germans in World War I. Makes a powerful statement about the futility of war.
During World War I, three captured French pilots have an uneasy relationship with their German commandant. [c.f. Halliwell's, 1997 ed.].
During World War I, three captured French officers have an uneasy relationship with thier aristocratic German commandant.
Two French air corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in attempts to escape. The aristocrat sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companion's escape.
Two French Air Corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in escape attempts.
A study of men in war which explores the complexity of national, fraternal and social-class bonds amongst them.
La Grande illusion
Shot down over the German lines, French Captain de Boieldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and his mechanic Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin) are confined to a crowded prison camp, until they are transferred to another detention center in a castle commanded by the crippled Captain von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). Rauffenstein is the flyer who shot them down and is a man obsessed with attending to his noble lineage and the rights and obligations it represents; fatalistic and melancholy, he strikes up a strange friendship with his aristocratic prisoner, that brings the totality of war, national differences, and class differences into bold relief.
Tells the story of a group of French officers held prisoner by the Germans in World War I. It is a statement about the futility of war.
The story of a diverse group of Frenchmen taken as prisoners of war during World War I and how they are drawn together in various attempts to escape.
Classic tale of adventure, duty and honour, set in a German prison camp during the Great War.
Two french Air corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companions' escape.
Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion is an often witty, sometimes poignant, frequently moving examination of the futility of war.
A classic film about war, men, honor, and illusion. Three gentlemen from the upper classes of their respective warring nations meet in a prisoner of war camp during World War I, the war to end all wars. One of them is their captor, played by Erich Von Stroheim, who gives a performance of pure steel.
Chronicles the comradery which develops between French officers of different backgrounds as they attempt to escape from prison after being captured during World War I.
A drama about French prisoners of war in Germany during World War I.
A classic tale of adventure. Duty and honour conflict in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I, when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant yet must cooperate with his comrades in a daring escape.
Classic anti-war film in which French prisoners of war in 1916 are determined to esape from their German captor--an officer and gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
Grand illusion: A classic anti-World War I presentation, in which French prisoners attempt to escape from their German captor. -- Rules of the game: Renoir's masterpiece, one of a handful of completely unreproachable films, in which a gathering of French high society for a weekend of decadence and self-indulgence in the days prior to World War II becomes a metaphor for human folly under seige -- Southerner: The story of how a poor southern family struggles to make a living on the farm land. National Board of Review Awards '45: Best director; Venice Film Festival '46: Best Film.
During World War I, two French officers are captured by the Germans. Captain De Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay), an aristocrat, while Lieutenant Marechal (Jean Gabin), is a mechanic in civilian life. They meet another prisoner, Rosenthal (Marcel Dalio), son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape.
Tells of two French officers captured by German forces in 1916. While prisoners the two officers encounter an aristocratic German officer. The conflicts between enemies and between the classes emphasize their awareness that certain ways of life are gone forever. The message of the movie is the tragic observation that war itself is the grand illusion.
Three French prisoners of war plan an escape from a German prison camp during World War I. The story tells of their undaunted spirit in attempting to escape, but stresses the equality and fraternity of all in the face of the grand illusion that created the war.
Three World War 1 French pilots are confined in a Colditz Castle-type German POW camp where they develop an uneasy relationship with the camp commandant, a former Prussian air-ace.
Two French flyers, shot down during World War I, arrive at Germany's most formidable prison fortress, where, instead of being brutalized as prisoners of war, they are treated with respect and charity by the German commander. An anti-war film that studies the disillusionment of prisoners and captors alike.
A French aristocrat, a mechanic and a wealthy banker are all thrown together as prisoners of the Germans in World War I. They are separated by a succesful escape but then recaptured and reunited in a German aristocrat's fortress. The aristocratic jailer and prisoner begin a friendship that highlights a dying cultural and social elite. Jean Renoir's film is a meditation on class, the nature of war and the death of the old European order.
Presents Jean Renoir's epitaph for the tradition of nobility, his poem for peace about the futility of war. Tells the story of a group of French officers being held prisoner by the Germans during World War I.
Two French fliers, shot down and captured during World War I, are drawn together in their escape attempts despite different class backgrounds.
Grand Illusion sheds harsh light on the crumbling social and political values of Europe during World War I--symbolized by prisoners of various classes and nationalities held in a German prison camp.
During World War I, three captured French pilots have an uneasy relationship with their German commandant. Starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio.
Drama
En 1918, au cours d'une mission de reconnaissance, un avion français est abattu dans les lignes ennemies. Le capitaine et le lieutenant sont internés dans un camp allemand où ils doivent vivre au milieu de prisonniers français de différentes conditions. La guerre a rapproché ces hommes, mais "la grande illusion" c'est de croire que tous peuvent fraterniser complètement par l'abolition des frontières entre les classes sociales, les races, et par la croyance que leur guerre sera la dernière. (Médiafilm).
Grande illusion
Concerns French aviators shot down during World War I. Their differences of class and education fade as they strive toward a common goal of escape.
During 1st WW, two french officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, such as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape.
One of the very first prison escape movies, Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unfogettable Captain von Rauffenstein.
Renoir's meditation on friendship and chivalry in the midst of Europe's first mechanized war, was based on his own experiences as a French combat pilot and a prisoner of war. Renoir wrote the film as Europe slid towards World War II. Three French pilots, shot down during World War I, are drawn together during an escape attempt, despite different class backgrounds. Captain de Boeldieu is a wealthy aristocrat; Lieutenant Maréchal a self assured mechanic; and Rosenthal, a prosperous banker. Together they develop a daring plan to escape their imprisonment in a Bavarian castle. While escaping, Captain de Boeldieu is shot by the camp commander, but Marechal and Rosenthal manage to get away and eventually make their way back to France. When it was released, the film received an Academy Award as well as a prize at the Venice Film Festival, but due to the film's pacifist stance, it was banned in Germany and Italy.
( da huan ying ) miao shu le fa guo jun guan zai fu lu ying de sheng huo yi ji jing xian tuo tao de guo cheng.shang lei nuo bu dan chuan da le zhan fu ying li tong chou di kai de ai guo shi qi yu xiang xin li,geng li hai di shi huan bu zhuo dao ben ying dui li de de,fa gui zu jun guan ai mei de xing xing xiang xi,rang qian zhe de kua jie ji yu hou zhe de kua guo ji, tan zou chu fu za er shen ke de xian wai zhi yin.qing che guo ren de guan dian yu liu chang sheng dong de xu shi,bu jin ling ben pian cheng wei shi shang di yi bu ru wei ao si ka zui jia ying pian de wai guo pian,ye bei gong ren wei qin zhi shang lei nuo feng ge de zui jia ru men zuo pin.
Classic anti-war film in which French prisoners of war in 1916 are determined to escape from their German captor -- an officer and gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
Classic anti-war film in which French prisoners of war in 1916 are determined to escape from their German captor--an officer and gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
During World War I, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German POW camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from.
Vers 1916-1917, dans un camp, en Allemagne, un groupe de prisonniers français, dont l'aristocrate de Boïeldieu, le contremaître Maréchal et le banquier juif Rosenthal, préparent une évasion. Au dernier moment, ils sont transférés dans une forteresse commandée par von Rauffenstein, qui fraternise avec Boïeldieu mais l'abat alors que celui-ci couvre l'évasion de Maréchal et de Rosenthal. Recueillis par une paysanne allemande, les fugitifs réussissent à passer en Suisse.
Prison films
This classic Fench film illustrates the fading glory and honor of war as epitaphs for the tradition of nobility. The struggle of French aviators in World War I to escape from prison camp, is used as a vehicle for this theme. Jean Renoir's brilliant expose of the senselessness of war highlights the brotherhood of men in wartime no matter what their race or class.
Grand illusion Minneapolis, MN : Festival
Tells the story of the fading glory and total senselessness of war rather than its horrors. Two French officers in World War I are interred in a German prison camp run by aristocratic career officer von Stroheim. A strange fraternity develops between them as they realize they are part of a dying way of life.
Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I, when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant yet must cooperate with his comrades in a daring escape.
Classic anti-war film, French prisoners of war in World War I are determined to escape from their German captor - an officer and gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
A classic tale of adventure. Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I, when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant yet must cooperate with his comrades in a daring escape.
Presents Jean Renoir's epitaph for the tradition of nobility, his poem for peace about the futility of war. Tells the story of a group of French officers held prisoner by the Germans during World War I.
In 1916, French officers are captured by German forces. When they encounter an aristocratic German officer, the conflicts between enemies and classes unfold.
Summary: Classic film portraying the ironic contradictions of war. Shows the developing respect between an aristocratic German commander and two captured French officers interwoven with each's obligation to country and fellow man.
Feature films
A classic tale of adventure. Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a daring escape.
Leading players: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo, Julien Carette, Jean Daste, Gaston Modot. Awards: Venice Film Festival 1937 - Best Artistic Ensemble; Academy Award Nomination 1938 - Best Picture; New York Film Critics 1938 - Best Foreign Language Film.
Summary: Three World War 1 French pilots are confined in a Colditz Castle-type German POW camp where they develop an uneasy relationship with the camp commandant, a former Prussian air-ace.
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a daring escape.
En 1917, dans un camp en Allemagne, deux ennemis se lient d'amitié : l'officier allemand Von Rauffenstein qui dirige le camp et le capitaine de Boïeldieu, un de ses prisonniers.
Summary: Two French Air Corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in escape attempts. The aristocrat sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companions' escape.
Video
War films
A group of French fliers taken prisoner by the Nazis during World War II are drawn together in their escape efforts. Jean Renoir's brilliant expose of the senselessness of war highlights the brotherhood of men in wartime despite their race and class.
Explores the futility of war and its fading glory.
Continental Distributing presents ... Jean Renoir's Grand illusion
Two french officers in World War I are captured and interred in a german prison camp run by aristocratic career officer Von Stroheim. French with english subtitles.
Jean Renoir drew on his memories as a pilot and prisoner-of-war to present this pacifist film set during World War I. Three French soldiers are apprehended and confined in German hands: an aristocrat, Boldieu, a Parisian mechanic, Marechal, and a Jewish banker, Rosenthal. Within the prison setting, a physical boundary that restricts movement, Renoir analyses the more intangible impediments to peaceful human interaction: class, nationality, race, religion and gender. (Circulates).
French officers as German prisoners of war in World War I reflect the changes in the social order and views of warfare as they each try to escape the realities of being in a prisoner of war camp.
Jean Renoir's classic anti-war film. A non-inflammatory World War I film set on the front in 1916, before American involvement. It is a study of a prisoner of war camp and the disillusionment of captors and prisoners alike.
Two French Air Corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in escape attempts. The aristocrat sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companions' escape.
Classic film portraying the ironic contradictions of war. Shows the developing respect between an aristocratic German commander and two captured French officers interwoven with each's obligations to country and fellow man.
Sumario: Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, tres prisioneros franceses son transferidos a un campo comandado por un oficial alemán. Los franceses hacen planes para escapar, dos de ellos lo consiguen y, con la ayuda de una joven campesina alemana, logran llegar hasta la frontera suiza.
Two French Air Corps officers, one an aristocrat, are shot down and captured during World War I. In spite of their different class backgrounds, they are drawn together in escape attempts. The aristocrat sacrifices his own chances in order to aid his companion's escape. An antiwar film that treats the disillusionment of prisoners and captors alike.
During World War I, three captured French pilots have an uneasy relationship with their German commandant.
Grande illusion (Motion picture)
Two French officers are captured by German forces in 1916. While prisoners, they encounter an aristocratic German officer. The conflicts between enemies and between the classes emphasize their awareness that certain ways of life are gone forever. The message of the movie is the tragic observation that war itself is the grand illusion.
The grand illusion [videorecording]
Grand illusion the Rules of the game [and] The Southerner
A story by Renoir about the first World War. It tells the story of French prisoners of war and a German officer who comes to realise the human aspect of the war. French dialogue with English sub-titles.
Jean Renoir's classic antiwar film focuses on French prisoners of war during World War I, and their plan to escape from their cultured German captor - an officer and a gentleman in the Prussian tradition.
Grand illusion
In this classic tale of adventure duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a daring escape.
Themes of loyalty, class, and patriotism in story of captured French officers and their German captors in World War I.
En 1917, dans un camp en Allemagne, un groupe de prisonniers français, dont l'aristocrate Boieldieu, le contremaître Maréchal et le banquier juif Rosenthal, préparent une évasion. Au dernier moment, ils sont transférés dans une forteresse commandée par Von Rauffenstein, qui sympathise avec Boieldieu.
Vers 1916-1917, dans un camp, en Allemagne, un groupe de prisonniers français, dont l'aristocrate de Boïeldieu, le contremaître Maréchal et le banquier juif Rosenthal, prépare une évasion. Au dernier moment, ils sont transférés dans une forteresse commandée par von Rauffenstein, qui fraternise avec Boïeldieu mais l'abat alors que celui-ci couvre l'évasion de Maréchal et de Rosenthal. Recueillis par une paysanne allemande, les fugitifs réussissent à passer en Suisse.
World War, 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons.
Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique (Firme)
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Cinéma et guerre.
World War, 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
World War, 1914-1918 Motion pictures and the war.
Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC).
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Prisonniers et prisons.
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) Prisonniers de guerre Allemagne.