Truman’s History Department will present Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) for the fourth and final film in this fall’s World War I Film Series. Directed by Jean Renoir, this 1937 film is considered by many critics to be one of the masterpieces of French cinema. This story of French soldiers in a German prisoner of war camp explores crucial issues of social class as the old European order is collapsing among the ruins of the Great War.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. in the Baldwin Hall Little Theater. Discussion to follow.
