Probably the most loved of Renoir’s films, certainly the most feted, dealing as it does with the common bonds between men across national, class and religious barriers. In WWI, three French soldiers – played by Pierre Fresnay, Jean Gabin and Marcel Dalio – become POWs under the monocle of a German commander memorably incarnated by Erich Von Stroheim, who as a director had been a great inspiration to Renoir.

With: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay.

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