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Renoir's meditation on friendship and chivalry in the midst of Europe's first mechanized war, was based on his own experiences as a French combat pilot and a prisoner of war. Renoir wrote the film as Europe slid towards World War II. Despite different class backgrounds, three French pilots...

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Other Authors: Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975 (Actor), Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976 (Actor), Huguet, Marthe (editor of moving image), Lichtig, Renée (editor of moving image), Matras, Christian, 1903-1977 (director of photography), Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993 (director of photography), Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979 (Director, Screenwriter), Renoir, Marguerite (editor of moving image), Spaak, Charles, 1903-1975 (Screenwriter), Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957 (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
French
Published: France: RAC, 1937
Subjects:
1914-1918
Air pilots > France
Escapes
Prisoner-of-war camps
World War, 1914-1918 > Prisoners and prisons > Drama
Feature films
Prison films
War films

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