Episode 318 · Film year 1937
La Grande Illusion (1937)
- Special Guest
- Nick Macdonald
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Tom Jennings, Ken Stanley
Show notes
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 (opens in a new tab) and Ken Stanley (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss this humanist film.
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Labels: 24 Frames Cast Erich von Stroheim Jean Gabin Jean Renoir Ken Stanley Masters of Cinema Cast Nick Macdonald Tom Jennings
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Music credits
- "Le Petit Navire" - June Tabor
- "Frou Frou" - Franck Pourcel
Links & resources
- Buy La Grande Illusion on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy In Search of La Grande Illusion: A Critical Appreciation of Jean Renoir's Elusive Masterpiece by Nicholas Macdonald (opens in a new tab)
- Read Anarchist films of Nick Macdonald from '70s to get first Chicago showings by Michael Phillips (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to Masters of Cinema Cast (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to 24 Frames Cast (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to Ken's Loud Band (opens in a new tab)
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