April 8th–13th, 2014 / Bucharest / Studio, Elvire Popesco & Union Cinemas / the 3rd Edition

1914-2014 Illusion and Terror: the First World War

You are here

You are here:

An event organized by the French-German Fund Elysée, the French Institute in Bucharest, Goethe-Institut and the National Film Archive - Romanian Cinematheque, in order to highlight the 100 years that have passed since the beginning of the First World War.

La Grande illusion

Grand Illusion

1937

114'

Directed by:

Jean Renoir

During the First World War, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German POW camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from. Jean Renoir’s film is widely considered a masterpiece of world cinema.