The Rules of the Game1939
Both on Alan Arkin’s Top 10, both directed by Jean Renoir, and both starring Marcel Dalio
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №1
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Synopsis
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
