Pros: thoughtful, beautiful movie protesting war Cons: none for me!
It doesn’t surprise me that Adolf Hitler banned this 1937 anti-war movie by Jean Renoir. It does, however, concern me that some people may not catch or will ignore the very beauty of this magnificent black and white. La Grande Illusion, with ...
It would seem only appropriate these days that I should write a review on a war film. Jean Renoir's classic 1937 POW drama is considered to be one of the great anti-war films. I'm not sure that this can really be classified as a war film, let alone an...
Pros: a nice view of humanity in the midst of war Cons: not as cynical or gritty as later war films
La Grande Illusion is, along with Rules of the Game, one of French director Jean Renoir’s most famous films. This film was made in 1937, and was, along with the other Renoir classic, one of my very few forays into any filmmaking from before 1940. I ...
Pros: Beauty, Depth, Intelligence--Not your average "war film" Cons: The audio commentary on the DVD version is nothing but filmspeak blither-blather
War is gentle hell in Jean Renoir’s grand masterpiece from 1937, La Grande Illusion (or, as we Yanks across the ocean like to call it, Grand Illusion).
The French movie takes place during World War I—which, of course, to...
Pros: Brilliant cinematography, engaging performances, and the best of humanistic messages Cons: None
Jean Renoir (1894-1979) was one of the greatest French directors of all time. Some say the greatest! After his experience fighting amid the insanity that was World War I, he was ever after dedicated to doing his level best to make it the last ...
Pros: An engaging and prescient allegory of modern warfare and the barbarism of civilization ... Cons: Some references might not translate across history and culture ...
Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion lies no doubt in the ur-history of the very great The Great Escape: the prisoners-of-war of various backgrounds inventively tunneling their way out of a POW camp, right on down to disposing of the dirt by shaking it out...
Pros: Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim; a rousing story which successfully illuminated the struggles, physically and ideologically, of soldiers. Cons: No cons.
World War I devastated Europe for generations. The Versailles Treaty, designed by the Allies to cripple Germany, set the stage for another conflict which could only surpass the devastation of The Great War. France, perhaps more than any other...
Pros: One of the Finest Films Ever to Grab a World of Magestic Pacifism and Class Comparison Cons: Nothing to Complain About
When Jean Renoir made Grand Illusion, Europe was in the thickest of clouds before a storm called World War II. The film, a pacifistic look at the struggle of the classes in Europe during the first World War, was so politically hard stepping for its time...
Pros: characters, script, direction Cons: handwringing over class differences
"The Grande Illusion" is a French film set during World War I. While the main subject is the plight of French prisoners of war held in Germany, the film also explores themes of class conflict, and the desire to be free and living in one's own...
Renoir's movie is one of the best movie on the theme of mankind. Renoir might be considered too optimistic, but he believes that people are (or were) good and kind hearted. The story takes place in the war, and yet you do not have any battle scenes. It...
World War I French fliers are held captive by a German aristocrat who considers only one of them his equal. Directed by Jean Renoir.More at HotMovieSale.com
Anti-War Film DVD - Frequently cited as both one of the greatest films about war and one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's La Grande Illu...More at Barnes and Noble
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