La Grande Illusion
1937 film by Jean Renoir
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Summary
La Grande Illusion is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,119 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Jean Renoir[3]
- Screenwriter: Jean Renoir[4], Charles Spaak[5]
- Composer: Joseph Kosma[6]
- Genre: drama film[7]
- Cast member: Jean Gabin[8], Dita Parlo[9], Erich von Stroheim[10], Pierre Fresnay[11], Marcel Dalio[12], Gaston Modot[13], Julien Carette[14], Jacques Becker[15], Jean Dasté[16], Claude Vernier[17], Georges Péclet[18], Sylvain Itkine[19], Habib Benglia[20], Pierre Blondy[21]
- Producer: Albert Pinkovitch[22], Frank Rollmer[23]
- Depicts: prisoner-of-war camp[24]
- Production company: Réalisation d'art cinématographique[25]
- Director of photography: Christian Matras[26]
- Part of: Vatican's list of films[27]
- Original language of film or TV show: French[28], English[29], German[30], Russian[31]
- Commons category: Grand Illusion[32]
- Distribution format: video on demand[33]
- Review score: 9.4/10[34], 97%[35]
- Color: black-and-white[36]
- Country of origin: France[37]
- Publication date: June 4, 1937[38], June 8, 1937[39], September 12, 1938[40], 1937[41]
- Distributed by: The Criterion Collection[42], Netflix[43]
- Filming location: Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg[44], Neuf-Brisach[45], Colmar[46], Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[47], Épinay-sur-Seine[48], Boulogne-Billancourt[49]
- Main subject: aviation[50], Western Front[51], World War I[52], prisoner of war[53]
- Film editor: Marguerite Renoir[54], Renée Lichtig[55]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[56]
- Title: La Grande Illusion[57]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[58]
- Duration: 124 minutes[59]
Why It Matters
La Grande Illusion has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]