Le grand jeu

1934
2h

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

436

YOUR RATING

Drama Romance

Pierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell), and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in ... Read allPierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell), and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in jeopardy. They ask him to expatriate. To avoid scandal, Pierre joins the Foreign Legion. I... Read allPierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell), and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in jeopardy. They ask him to expatriate. To avoid scandal, Pierre joins the Foreign Legion. In Morocco, near the desert, Pierre goes with his comrades of the Legion to a bar-restauran... Read all

Director
- Jacques Feyder
Writers
- Jacques Feyder
- Charles Spaak
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

436

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jacques Feyder
Writers
- Jacques Feyder
- Charles Spaak
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
In their History of Cinema, Maurice Bardeche and Robert Brasillach call this " one of the few films made based on a new idea, since the invention of talkies."

Connections
Referenced in The Hunter's Diary (1964)

Soundtracks
Je ne suis pas comme elle
Music by Hanns Eisler
Lyrics by Jacques Feyder and Charles Spaak
Performed by Lyne Clevers

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Poetic Realism Without The Nonsense

Pierre Richard-Willm has gone through his money keeping mistress Marie Bell and himself happy. His family agrees to clear his debts, but only if he leaves the country. Mlle. Bell makes excuses, so he does what anyone else does. He joins the Foreign Legion. There he distinguishes himself, turning down a promotion to sergeant, he also meets a prostitute played by Mlle. Bell in a brunette wig. She has a wonky memory and falls for him. He slowly convinces himself she is the same woman.....

Jacques Feyder tries his hand at poetic realism, with all the standard tricks, but without Gabin or Duvivier's misogyny. The result is a far more straightforward movie, propelled by the director's skilled story tellin, about two people in love who torment each other.