Praised as one of the greatest films ever made, La Grande Illusion is "an artistically masterful feature" (Variety), a brilliant hymn to fraternity and pacifism directed by the cult filmmaker Jean Renoir (The Human Beast, The Rules of the Game), starring Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a world war 1 German prison camp, and Erich Von Stronheim as the unforgettable Captain Von Rauffenstein.