Grand Illusion

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November 1 – 7        La Vista, NE        ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA

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About

France, 1937
Director: Jean Renoir
Producer: Albert Pinkevitch, Frank Rollmer
Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Screenwriter: Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
Cinematography: Christian Matras
Music: Joseph Kosma
Genre: Drama, War
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 114 minutes

Synopsis:
Man-of-the-people Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin) teams up with Jewish aristocrat Lieutenant Rosenthal (Marcel Dalio) to escape a World War I German POW camp run by Captain von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim).

Awards and Recognition:
Best Picture nomination (Academy Awards, 1938)
Best Artistic Ensemble (Venice Film Festival, 1937)
Best Foreign Film (New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1938)
Best Foreign Film (National Board of Review Awards, 1938)

Restoration:
Restored in 4K by Studiocanal and the Cinémathèque de Toulouse from the nitrate camera negative by L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory (Bologna)
 

Reviews and Quotes 2

"All the democracies of the world
must see this film."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“ONE OF THE TRUE MASTERPIECES
OF THE SCREEN!"
— Pauline Kael

"If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be Grand Illusion."
— Orson Welles

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