This is a brand-new print, struck from the original negative of Jean Renoir's 1937 classic, which was once denounced by Joseph Goebbels as "Cinematographic Enemy No. 1". Set in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War One, La Grande Illusion focuses on the relationships between a variety of French officers from diverse backgrounds, including aristocratic de Boeldieu (Fresnay), Jewish nouveau riche Rosenthal (Dalio) and lower-class conscript Marechal (Gabin). When they are transferred to the medieval castle of the honourable von Rauffenstein (von Stroheim), they plan yet another escape.
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