The Grand Illusion (1937)

Summary: During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Release Date: September 12, 1938

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Jean Renoir

Writers: Charles Spaak

, Jean Renoir

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Réalisation d'art cinématographique (RAC)

Distributor: World Pictures Corporation, Continental Distributing, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), MGM/CBS Home Video, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), Rialto Pictures, Barr Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Janus Films

Country: France

Language: French

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La Marseillaise (1938)

Summary: A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.

Release Date: April 17, 1938

Genres: Drama, Music, History

Director: Jean Renoir

Writers: Jean Renoir

, Carl Koch

, Noelle Gillmor

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Compagnie Jean Renoir, Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF), Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)

Distributor: World Pictures Corporation, Interama Video Classics, Connaissance du Cinéma, Tamasa Distribution, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: France

Language: French

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La tendre ennemie (1936)

Summary: Two ghosts attend an engagement party, unseen by the other guests. One ghost, Dupont, is the father of the bride-to-be. He looks back on his marriage to her mother. His wife Annette was always very unhappy; business kept him away ...

Release Date: May 30, 1938

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Max Ophüls