Up Next in Adam Gopnik’s Adventures in Moviegoing

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  Grand Illusion

  Grand Illusion

  Directed by Jean Renoir • 1937 • France
  Starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

  One of the very first prison escape movies, GRAND ILLUSION is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir’s antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers he...

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  Adam Gopnik on BICYCLE THIEVES

  Adam Gopnik on BICYCLE THIEVES

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  Bicycle Thieves

  Bicycle Thieves

  Directed by Vittorio De Sica • 1948 • Italy
  Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

  Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar ...