French prisoner-of-war Marechal (Jean Gabin) attempts escape from solitary in Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937). watch
A train, of all things, interrupts engineer Lantier (Jean Gabin) when he gets carried away, while visiting hometown sweetheart Flore (Blanchette Brunoy), in Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine, 1938. watch
Headlong opening scene from Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine, 1938, much of it shot by the director's nephew Claude, in which Lantier (Jean Gabin) and Pecqueux (Julien Carette) bring their train into Le Havre. watch
