Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: TT.KT.01 Reno / College 5a - Szene / Sammlung Duffek	Status: Rücksortierung	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

One of the most acclaimed films of all time, and a powerful anti-war statement, Jean Renoir's profoundly humanist LA GRANDE ILLUSION remains as vibrant, exciting and wise today as it was when it was released in 1937.

Set in the German prison camps of WWI, the film stars Jean Gabin as Marechal, and Marcel Dalio as Rosenthal. Like the charming aristocrat de Boieldieu (Pierre Fresnay) these two French aviators were shot down and now spend most of their time escaping from German prison camps before inevitably being recaptured. Between escapes, they do what they can to amuse themselves, but after a tunnel they've dug is discovered, the three are sent to Wintersborn, a forbidding fortress of a prison commanded by former ace pilot Von Rauffenstein (Erich Von Stroheim). Von Rauffenstein cannot help but strike up a friendship with de Boieldieu, a kindred spirit from the doomed nobility.

Declared the "Cinematographic Enemy Number One" by the Nazis after it won a prize at the Venice Film Festival, the film calls on Renoir's own experiences as an aviator in WWI. An impassione call for the unity of humankind across class and national boundaries, the film also offers a quietly subversive social analysis of French society. (Verlagstext)