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La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak.The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.
The Grand Illusion Cinema is the longest running independent cinema in the city of Seattle, Washington, and has become a landmark of the film community. Opened as The Movie House in 1970, the cinema became the city's first intimate arthouse and showcased foreign and revival films. The Grand Illusion is located in Seattle's University District.
Jean Renoir (French:; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author.His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. [1]
La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo and Erich von Stroheim – The Great Barrier, directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas, starring Richard Arlen and Lilli Palmer – The Great Garrick, directed by James Whale, starring Brian Aherne and Olivia de Havilland
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La Grande Illusion was the first non-English language film to be nominated for Best Picture. This was the first of only two times in Oscar history in which three of the four acting winners had won before; only Fay Bainter was a first-time award winner. The only other time that this happened was at the 67th Academy Awards in 1994.
[1] [2] It produced the classic French film Grand Illusion (1937), which was the first ever foreign language film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The nomination officially went to the production company as a whole, because until 1950 the award was not given to individuals.