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La Grande Illusion

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on BBC Two England

- The French Classic Cinema season continues with Jean Renoir 's anti-war film, starring JeanGabin
Erich von Stroheim Pierre Fresnay
Based on Renoir's own experiences as a prisoner-of-war during the First World War, the film was released on the eve of the Second World War and was immediately banned in Germany and Italy.
Two French officers shot down over Germany become prisoners of an aristocratic
Prussian officer. In French with English subtitles. Rosenthal DAUO
• FILMS: pages 51-58

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Renoir
Unknown:
Pierre Fresnay
Maréchal:
Jean Gabin
Von Rauffenstein ERICH:
Von Stroheim
De Boeldieu:
Pierre Fresnay
Source: Radio Times

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