Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "La Grande Illusion" firimu rehondo risina chero kuratidzwa kwehondo. Panzvimbo pezvo, musasa wevasungwa vehondo unoshandiswa senzvimbo umo varwi vemarudzi akawanda vane chinoitika chakafanana. Renoir anoratidzira hondo somuitiro usina maturo. Somuenzaniso, Elsa, chirikadzi yechiGermany, anoratidza Maréchal naRosenthal mifananidzo yomurume wake neyavakoma vake vakaurawa, mumwe nomumwe, muhondo dzeVerdun, Liège, Charleroi
, uye Tannenberg. Hondo nhatu dzokupedzisira dzaiva pakati pokukunda kweGermany kwakakurumbira zvikuru muHondo Yenyika I. Kupfurikidza neiri zano, Renoir anoramba murangariro wokuti ushingi, rukudzo, kana kuti basa romunhuwo zvake zvinogona kuva nomuuyo pachinoitika chikuru. Ikoku kunoderedza donzo rechokwadi raMaréchal naRosenthal rokudzokera kunhare, zvokuti kupfurikidza nokudzokera kunorwa ivo vanogona kubetsera kugumisa hondo iyi.