GRAND ILLUSION
By Jean Renoir
With Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio, Eric Von Stroheim
1937 | Drama | UR | 1h53 | Rialto Pictures
During WWI, a French aristocrat imprisoned in a German POW camp meets unlikely comrades among the proletarian and Jewish captives. After a failed escape, they are transferred to a high security camp under the close watch of an unexpectedly amicable Prussian officer.
Film in French with English subtitles
Free and open to the public
In its seventh consecutive year, Films on the Green, organized by the French Embassy, FACE and NYC Parks, presents French films in New York City parks from May 30th to August 1st, as well as a special screening at Columbia University on September 4th.
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