The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and hosted by Frank Capra.
Harry Cohn and Frank Capra
Frank Capra; Best Picture and Best Director winner
Spencer Tracy; Best Actor winner
Bette Davis; Best Actress winner
La Grande Illusion is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.
French film poster
Pierre Fresnay and Erich von Stroheim in Rauffenstein's Wintersborn office
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, which appears in the film.