Though he remains relatively unknown outside of France, Jean Grémillon is considered by many critics to be one of the great French filmmakers. He produced some twenty features, with the finest French actors, during his career that spanned 35 years. Grémillon's films reflect his philosophy that “the grandeur, the meaning, the significance of French cinema are finely and profoundly rooted in realism.... It is the popular tradition versus academicism....”
