Give me two articles or essays from film theorists (that means someone
who is published) on this topic: how do customs and rules afect the
relationships betweeen officers and between nonofficers.

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 06 Dec 2002 09:09 PST

solar12123,

Can you explain to what kind of officers your question refers? 

Thanks,

aceresearcher

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Clarification of Question by solar12123-ga on 06 Dec 2002 11:31 PST

Film is about a juxtuposition between two social worlds.  On the one
hand it is war, French vs German.  On the otherhand and somewhat more
significantly, there isthe class difference between army officers and
regular soldiers.  It is this distinction that I an interested in. 
For example, the German officers treat the French officer with a great
deal of respect and treat them to a great extent as peers.

Christopher Faulkner
[http://www.carleton.ca/artandculture/faulkner.html] is your man.  You
can find articles by him about the social aspects of La Grande
Illusion, though they  He published a great guide to Renoir resoureces
(including articles) twenty years ago:

 Faulkner, Christopher  Jean Renoir: A Guide to References and
Resources.
 Boston: G. K. Hall, c1979. 


If you are interested in sources from books, Faulkner has also
published a major book on social aspects of his films:

 Faulkner, Christopher  The Social Cinema of Jean Renoir. Princeton,
N.J.:
 Princeton University Press, 1986.


Finally, if you are willing to take sources from books, you might
check out the section on La Grande Illusion in this one:

 Sesonske, Alexander  Jean Renoir: The French Films, 1924-1939.
(Cambridge,
 Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1980).


Hope this helps!  

Regards,
  tez-ga