La grande illusion (1937)

Note des utilisateurs:

8.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Jean Renoir

Writers:

Charles Spaak (scenario and dialogue) &
Jean Renoir (scenario and dialogue)

Release Date:

12 septembre 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | War

Plot:

During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life...

Plot Keywords:

Aristocrat | Escape | Officer | French | Prisoner Of War

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

So,I finally saw it and of course I thought it was one of the best films ever!!!

Ensemble

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)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Jacques Becker	...	English officer (uncredited)
Albert Brouett	...	Un prisonnier (uncredited)
Carl Koch	...	(uncredited)
Claude Sainval	...	Capitaine Ringis (uncredited)
Michel Salina	...	(uncredited)

Réalisé par
Jean Renoir

Scénaristes
Charles Spaak		(scenario and dialogue) &
Jean Renoir		(scenario and dialogue)

Produit par
Albert Pinkovitch	....	producer (uncredited)
Frank Rollmer	....	producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Joseph Kosma

Image
Christian Matras

Montage
Marthe Huguet
Renée Lichtig		(1958 version)
Marguerite Renoir		(as Margueritte)

Décorateur de plateau
Eugène Lourié		(as Lourié)

Création des costumes
René Decrais		(as Decrais)

Maquillage
Raffels	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Raymond Blondy	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Jacques Becker	....	assistant director
Robert Rips	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Alexandre	....	props
Laurié	....	props
Raymond Pillon	....	props (as Pillon)

Technicien du son
Joseph de Bretagne	....	sound engineer (as De Bretagne)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Bourgoin	....	assistant camera (as Bourgoin)
Ernest Bourreaud	....	assistant camera (as Bourreaud)
Sam Levin	....	set photographer
Claude Renoir	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzy Berton	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Emile Vuillermoz	....	musical director (as Vuillermoz)

Divers
Barnathan	....	location manager
Pierre Blondy	....	general manager
Françoise Giroud	....	script girl (as Gourdji)
Carl Koch	....	technical advisor
Robert Rips	....	set manager
Herman G. Weinberg	....	subtitler: English (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC) (as Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique)

Distributors

• Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC) (1937) (France) (theatrical)
• Eduard Weil & Company (1937) (Austria) (theatrical)
• World Pictures Corporation (1938) (USA) (theatrical) (English subtitles)
• Prisma (1948) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Coronis (1956) (France) (theatrical) (restored version)
• Continental Motion Pictures Corporation (195?) (USA) (theatrical) (English subtitles)
• Studio Canal (2005) (France) (DVD) (digital new master)
• Studio Canal (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Barr Entertainment (199?) (USA) (video) (English subtitles)
• Cinédis (France) (theatrical)
• Continental Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Coronis (France) (16 mm)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (VHS)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
• Filmsonor (France) (theatrical)
• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Les Grands Films Classiques (GFC) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1972) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Rialto Pictures (1999) (USA) (re-release)

Other Companies

• Smyth  music publishing
• G.M. Film  titles
• Luxtone  lighting
• Paris Studios Cinéma  filmed at
• Western Electric Management  sound post-production (as Western Electric System Sonar)
• Traonouez (Paris)  costumes (uncredited)

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Grand Illusion (USA)

Durée:

114 min | 94 min (1937 release) | Germany:107 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français | Allemand | Anglais | Russe

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Caserne de Colmar, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France

Company:

Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC)

Anecdotes:

The art director, 'Eugene Lourie', was the one who carved the nativity figures out of potatoes for the Christmas scene towards the film's end.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Elsa's rural farmhouse in the mountains has electric lighting in the 1910s.

Guillemet:

Lieutenant Maréchal: The theater's too deep for me. I prefer bicycling.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Il était un petit navire

So,I finally saw it and of course I thought it was one of the best films ever!!!

I have tried to get this film for months on the criterion collection but it seems impossible here in Sweden(Maybe not impossible,you can order it on Amazon but that´s to expensive).So when I finally found it on video this is what I say about it:

This anti-war masterpiece film is really ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER.I almost liked it as much as seven samurai.It´s a about a group of French prisoners during the world war one.

The performances is simply some of the best I have seen(Jean Gabin Erich von Stroheim...).The cinematography is beautiful,great script but I guess i was most impressed by the direction by Jean Renoir.

I don´t think that I have been more touched by a film then this.It has such a deep humanity.A poetic film that should be seen by every one.Also remember that I have only seen this film once and it could be in my top 20 over the best films ever and when I watch it again it could be in top 3.

RATING: 5/5