Jean Renoir’s great anti-war film, set in a German prison camp for officers in 1917, with Erich von Stroheim as the commander. A subtler work than most more recent variations on the theme. In French with English subtitles.
Credits
director
Jean Renoir
Language
French
Duration
01:43:00:00
Colour
Black and White
ACMI Identifier
31748
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Anti-war works
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Prisoners of war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1914-1918
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Prison films
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Class consciousness
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - France
Foreign language films
War films
Sound/audio
Sound
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
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