Vintage Poster
The Great Illusion
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This superb La Grande Illusion Poster will convey the very special atmosphere of this classic of French cinema thanks to its vintage style!h2>
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- 🎨 Canvas: world standard in terms of printing and imitating a “painting canvas” appearance .
- By default, the poster contains a 4 cm white border for framing (frame not included). If you don't want it, please choose "without white border".
- ✅ Size: several choices available . ✅
- Great UV resistance .
- Maximum color vibrancy, without reflections .
- Recycled paper, guaranteeing respect for the environment.
- Poster carefully packaged and delivered in a protective tube for total protection .
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Description of this Poster The Great Illusion
The Great Illusion is a French war film directed by Jean Renoir in 1937, considered one of the great masterpieces in the history of cinema.
World War I: French fighter pilot Maréchal and staff officer de Boeldieu are shot down during a reconnaissance flight by German fighter pilot Rittmeister von Rauffenstein and are taken prisoners of war at his air base. In the first prison camp, they participate in the clandestine construction of an underground tunnel. In doing so, they meet Rosenthal, who supplies the group with delicious preserves sent to him by his wealthy parents. They repeat a boulevardier-style prank; When the news of the recapture of Fort Douaumont arrives during the performance, Maréchal intones the Marseillaise and is punished for this by solitary confinement. The isolation in his cell almost makes him lose his mind.
Boeldieu, Maréchal and Rosenthal are transferred before being able to use the tunnel. After several more camps and escape attempts, they were transferred, along with other prisoners, to a fortress in southern Germany known to be safe from escapes. Rauffenstein, who had himself been shot and seriously injured in the meantime, acted as commander of the prison camp - which the old fighter felt was a humiliation. An unusual friendship develops between Boeldieu and Rauffenstein. During long conversations, Rauffenstein laments the end of the old era, which he describes as glorious, while Boeldieu tries to prepare for the future.
A new escape attempt is made by dividing the tasks: Maréchal and Rosenthal must rappel, while Boeldieu, playing the piccolo and climbing the rocks, distracts the guard teams and Rauffenstein. Rauffenstein, who misinterprets Boeldieu's behavior as an attempt to escape, aims for the latter's knee, but hits him in the stomach. When he learned of the escape of the two French people, he understood Boeldieu's behavior. He dies shortly after, mourned by his chivalrous friend who cannot forgive himself for the fatal shot. Maréchal and Rosenthal manage to escape and find refuge with a German peasant whose husband died in the war. They are recovering from the ordeal of fleeing to the peasant woman and her little daughter. Maréchal and the peasant woman fall in love. Maréchal promises to come back after the war and bring her to his home in France. A border patrol only finds them when they have crossed the border into Switzerland, where they are safe. A single salvo fired does not reach them.
