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April 16, 2017

Episode 318: La Grande Illusion (1937)

Special Guest: Nick Macdonald
Guest Co-Hosts: Tom Jennings, Ken Stanley

Set during World War One, Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion (1937) stars Jean Gabin as Lt. Marechal, an airman who, along with Captain Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay), are shot down by Captain Rauffenstein, who’s played by Erich von Stroheim. The two Frenchmen then spend most of the rest of the film in POW camps, primarily Hallbach and Wintersborn where they meet an array of fellow prisoners.

Tom Jennings and Ken Stanley join Mike to discuss this humanist film.

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Links:
Buy La Grande Illusion on Blu-Ray
Buy In Search of La Grande Illusion: A Critical Appreciation of Jean Renoir's Elusive Masterpiece by Nicholas Macdonald
Read Anarchist films of Nick Macdonald from '70s to get first Chicago showings by Michael Phillips
Listen to Masters of Cinema Cast
Listen to 24 Frames Cast
Listen to Ken's Loud Band

Music:
"Le Petit Navire" - June Tabor
"Frou Frou" - Franck Pourcel

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