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La Grande Illusion

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on BBC Two England

French film director Jean Renoir introduces Renoir, a short season of his films, beginning with this anti-war classic starring Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay
Two French officers are shot down over Germany and taken prisoner-of-war. The aristocratic Boeidieu appears to have more in common with the Prussian commandant, Von Rauffenstein, than with his down-to-earth companions, but his determination to help their escape plans is never in doubt.
(In French with English subtitles) (1937) (B/W)
The subject .... Jean Renoir is the subject of Omnibus, Tuesday BBC
FILM REVIEWS pages 53-56
Barry Norman : page 50

Contributors

Director:
Jean Renoirintroduces Renoir
Unknown:
Jean Gabin
Unknown:
Erich von Stroheim
Unknown:
Pierre Fresnay
Unknown:
Von Rauffenstein
Unknown:
Jean Renoir
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Marechal:
Jean Gabin
Von Rauffenstein:
Erich von Stroheim
Captain de Boeidieu:
Pierre Fresnay
Rosenthal:
null Dalio
Demolder:
Sylvain Itkine
Arthur Krantz:
Werner Florian
Source: Radio Times

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