Erich von Stroheim

Classic 1950 noir from Billy Wilder about a failed screenwriter (William Holden) who is drawn into the twisted fantasy world of former silent-screen star (Gloria Swanson).

Arguably Jean Renoir's greatest masterpiece, an anti-war saga concerning the relationships amongst a group of French officers, captured by the enemy and plotting their escape, during World War I - and a meditation on the collapse of Europe's old world order.