tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post2507292620444919512..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: La Grande Illusionsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-61773340749903456162017-04-26T06:17:36.842-07:002017-04-26T06:17:36.842-07:00I particularly like the early scenes when dining w...I particularly like the early scenes when dining with the downed pilots and expression of the old chivalry between knights of the sky. I am going to use it in a seminar in a discussion how war changed. Copies seem to be available on Amazon.<br />William Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340784654329100791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-6245896938875498882017-04-23T09:13:02.970-07:002017-04-23T09:13:02.970-07:00Great film. A powerful glimpse of a vanishing wor...Great film. A powerful glimpse of a vanishing world.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-41083450843685923012017-04-21T16:06:04.913-07:002017-04-21T16:06:04.913-07:00Excellent film, one of my favourites. Of course th...Excellent film, one of my favourites. Of course the von Stroheim character is one of the most lampooned as the archetypal Prussian of questionable sexuality, not least in Blackadder. Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-22586061334559811802017-04-21T02:34:23.369-07:002017-04-21T02:34:23.369-07:00For lovers of Great War music, 'la Grande Illu...For lovers of Great War music, 'la Grande Illusion' features a great choice of songs. Not only the stirring rendition of 'la Marseillaise' by the POWs during their music hall performance, but a version of 'Tipperary' by British prisoners in drag (obligatory in those days it seems), a solemn and yet sad 'Die Wacht am Rhein' a hilarious version of the catchy popular agracierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08095416906317167630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-39064868281878438652017-04-21T02:27:36.980-07:002017-04-21T02:27:36.980-07:00In the second photo from the top, the character Ca...In the second photo from the top, the character Cartier (in the middle, small, with beret) was based on Maurice Chevalier, already a well-known stage artist, also a prisoner-of-war in Germany. <br /><br />It was, incidentally in the POW camp where Chevalier learned English in his extensive spare time. A skill which stood him in good stead after the war, opening the way to Hollywood and stardom onagracierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08095416906317167630noreply@blogger.com