One of the five best movies of all time

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 1999)

Everybody know that Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time. La Grande Illusion is number two! That makes it the best French movie of all time, and the greatest war movie ever made. Everything here is perfect : the cast, the dialogues, the atmosphere, the film direction of Renoir, the intelligence of the script, and even the now very old music is perfect! Even if I love the emotions and the humor of the two prisoners camps, for me, the final 30 minutes are the peak of the movie, when the two fugitives are with the german woman (Wonderful Dita Parlo, as seen in L'Atalante). She can't understand Gabin, but the two fell in love. When she shows the empty table where there was so many people before the war, some tears always dry my eyes. See this movie anytime! Tell everybody to enjoy this great piece of art!