Jean Renoir's brilliant farewell to Europe's ancient regime, GRAND ILLUSION, set during WWI, stars Jean Gabin as Marechal and Marcel Dalio as Rosenthal, French prisoners of war who constantly escape from prison only to be recaptured. Along with the gracious aristocrat de Boldieu (Pierre Fresnay), they're moved to the fortresslike Wintersborn prison, from which no one has escaped. The commandant of the prison is the ace German pilot von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim), now grounded by injury. Despite humane treatment, the Frenchmen plan to escape once again.

Jean Gabin: French Actor
Pierre Fresnay: French Actor
Erich Von Stroheim: Director/Actor/Screenwriter
Marcel Dalio: French Actor
Dita Parlo: German Actress/In France
 Carette: FRENCH ACTOR\"JULIAN"

Jean Renoir: Director/Writer/Producer

Albert Pinkovitch: Producer, GRAND ILLUSION
Frank Rollmer: Producer

Jean Renoir: Director/Writer/Producer
Charles Spaak: BELGIAN WRITER/DIRECTOR

"...[A] masterpiece..." -- Rating: A
"...It's a meditation on the collapse of the old order of European civilization....There is a quiet voluptuousness; the camera doesn't point or intrude, but glides..."
"In '38: a New York Film Critics best-direction citation to Jean Renoir and a best-picture Oscar nomination."
"...One of the greatest films ever made....The performances -- from Gabin, Pierre Frensay, Erich von Stroheim and Marcel Dalio -- are as fresh as they were in 1937..."
"[An] anti-war classic....As in so much of Renoir's work, it's the humanism that resonates most strongly."