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Actors: Jean Gabin, Erich Von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay, Dita Parlo, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Jean Dasté
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about La Grande Illusion |
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LA GRANDE ILLUSION is a french movie directed in 1937 by Jean Renoir.
The period is WWI. Two french officers, Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay, a blue collar and an aristocrat, are captured by the german army and sent into a prisoner camp. After having tried several times to escape, they are finally jailed in a military fort under Erich Von Stroheim's surveillance. Pierre Fresnay and Von Stroheim develop a mutual friendly esteem while Jean Gabin is still thinking about a way to escape.
A masterpiece.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW I
War story:
- escaping behind enemy lines
POW movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- military pilot
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Specific kind of enemies?
- captors
Hair color
- bald
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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