IMDb > La grande illusion (1937)
La grande illusion
Liens rapides
Top liens
trailers and videosinterprètes et équipe techniqueanecdotesSites officielsphrases célèbres
Vue d'ensemble
infos principalesinfos complètesinterprètes et équipe techniquesociétés de productiontv schedule
Récompenses et critiques
avis des utilisateurscritiques externescritiques des forumsawardsnotes des utilisateursparents guidedans la lignéeForum
Synopsis et citations
résumésynopsismots-clésrésumé du Amazon.comphrases célèbres
Curiosités
anecdotesbêtisierinfos B.O.F.clins d'œil dans génériqueinfos sur d'autres versionsliens avec d'autres œuvresfoire aux questions
Autres infos
en ventebox office/businessdates de sortielieux de tournagecaractéristiques techniquesinfos laserdiscinfos DVDbibliographieA la Une
Matériel publicitaire
accroches trailers and videos affiches Gallerie de photo
Liens externes
horaires dans les sallesSites officielsdiversphotossound clipsvideo clips

La grande illusion (1937) Plus avec IMDbPro »


IMDb Holiday Movie Guide

Vue d'ensemble

Note Générale:
8,0/10   11 432 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Down 12% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Réalisateur:
Scénaristes:
Charles Spaak (scenario and dialogue) &
Jean Renoir (scenario and dialogue)
Contact:
View company contact information for The Grand Illusion on IMDbPro.
Date de sortie:
12 septembre 1938 (USA) suite
Genre:
Intrigue:
During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life... suite | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Récompenses:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination suite
Avis des utilisateurs:
A Humanist Classic plus de (86 total)

Ensemble

  (Casting officiel complet)
Jean Gabin ... Lt. Maréchal
Dita Parlo ... Elsa (farm woman)
Pierre Fresnay ... Capt. de Boeldieu
Erich von Stroheim ... Capt. von Rauffenstein (as Eric von Stroheim)
Julien Carette ... Cartier, l'acteur (as Carette)
Georges Péclet ... Le serrurier (as Peclet)
Werner Florian ... Sgt. Arthur
Jean Dasté ... The teacher (as Daste)
Sylvain Itkine ... Lt. Demolder (as Itkine)
Gaston Modot ... The engineer (as Modot)
Marcel Dalio ... Lt. Rosenthal (as Dalio)
suite
Create a character page for: ?

Détails supplémentaires

Autre(s) titre(s):
Grand Illusion (Australia) (video box title) (International: English title) (informal title)
The Grand Illusion (USA)
suite
Durée:
114 min | 94 min (1937 release) | Germany:107 min
Pays:
Couleur:
Rapport de forme:
1,37 : 1 suite
Son:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Classification:
Finland:(Banned) (1942) | Finland:K-16 (1937) | Finland:K-8 (1959) | Malaysia:U | Norway:12 (1959) | Norway:16 (1937) | Germany:12 (f) (1948) | Portugal:M/6 | Australia:G | Germany:(Banned) (1937-1945) | Italy:(Banned) (1938-1945) | South Korea:12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | UK:U (video rating) | UK:A (original rating) (cut)

Curiosités

Anecdotes:
First foreign language film - and still one of only a handful - to be nominated for Oscar as Best Picture. suite
Goofs:
Anachronismes: As the WWI German soldiers are celebrating a French fort's capture, the map on the wall of the officers club is clearly an inter-war (1919-1938) map of Germany. suite
Guillemet:
Lieutenant Maréchal: The theater's too deep for me. I prefer bicycling. suite
Connexions De Film:
Bande son:
Il était un petit navire suite

foire aux questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
61 internautes sur 67 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile
A Humanist Classic, 31 janvier 2002
10/10
Auteur : Steven Rubio de Berkeley, California

Grand Illusion is a movie about class that doesn't hate anyone. How often does that happen? Yes, there are namby-pamby movies that "show all sides" and bore everyone with their non-existent point-of-view, but that's not what I mean. And, of course, there are plenty of movies about class that reveal their biases from the start; I'm rather fond of Eat the Rich movies, myself. But Grand Illusion is about class without dismissing any of its characters. The aristocrats whose world is disappearing are presented as tragic figures, stuck in a code of life that is rapidly becoming meaningless. Both aristocrats know their time is past; the French one accepts this as probably a good thing, the German one doesn't (and blames the French one's sentiments on the French Revolution), but they both know their way of life is soon to be forgotten. And it would be easy for Renoir, when he made the film in the mid-30s a French communist with proletarian sympathies, to demonize these two. But he doesn't; he allows them their humanity, which is the most characteristic feature of Renoir movies in any event (he is the great humanist of movie history).

Nor does he show the collapse of the old way as an unfortunate preface to chaos. The bourgeois characters are good people. The world might be safe in their hands, as safe as in any other hands at least (except for the propensity among nations for war). All of the middle and lower-class characters in the movie are presented as people, not stereotypes. But Renoir doesn't accomplish this by collapsing all class boundaries into some homogenous universalism. These characters remain trapped within their class, and their class is clear to the viewer. The movie is not about the absence of class but about the crushing ironies of the very real existence of class in the lives of the characters. To show all classes without condescension, while retaining a particular point of view (that while people are good, it's best that the aristocratic world is in decline), is pretty amazing.

In Grand Illusion, the nominal hero is working/middle-class, but the upper class isn't evil and the lower class isn't romanticized or dismissed. And it's all accomplished in such a seamless way that many, if not most, first-time viewers might easily think it was a fine movie but something less than great. It sneaks up on you, and more than just about any film you can name, rewards multiple viewings.

Avez vous trouvé ce commentaire utile ?
plus de (86 total)

Forum

Discuter de ce film avec les autres utilisateurs sur Forum IMDb pour La grande illusion (1937)
Recent Posts (updated daily)User
Was there electricity in that farmhouse? whisper-24
Was this intentional? **slight spoilers** Fermented
Should I say it...? BritalianBaron
Heil Hitler? kjewitt
scene analysis assistance alangaynorjr
cross dressing jmegoddessoflove
suite

Recommendations

Si vous avez apprécié ce titre, notre base de donnée vous recommende également:
- - - - -
The Great Escape Joyeux Noël The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Capitaine Conan Von Ryan's Express
IMDb Note Générale:
IMDb Note Générale:
IMDb Note Générale:
IMDb Note Générale:
IMDb Note Générale:
Montrer plus de recommendations

Liens liés

Casting et équipe complète Remerciements de la Société Revues externes
IMDb Drame section IMDb France section Add this title to MyMovies

Vous pouvez rapporter des erreurs et des omissions sur cette page aux gérants de la base de donnée IMDb. Ils examineront ces dernières et si besoin ajouté à la prochaine mise à jour. En cliquant sur 'Mettre à Jour' vous passerez par un processus étape par étape.