Grand Illusion (1937)

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Directed by Jean Renoir1h 54mDrama,History,War

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

Rated
NR
Year
1937
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
18 June 1937
TMDB
7.9 (804)
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Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin
Lieutenant Maréchal
Dita Parlo
Dita Parlo
Elsa
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay
Captain de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
Captain von Rauffenstein
Julien Carette
Julien Carette
Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
Georges Péclet
Georges Péclet
Officer
W
Werner Florian
Sergeant Arthur
Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté
Teacher
S
Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot
Engineer
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio
Lieutenant Rosenthal
Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker
British Officer (uncredited)
Habib Benglia
Habib Benglia
Senegalese (uncredited)
P
Pierre Blondy
Soldier (uncredited)
A
Albert Brouett
Prisoner (uncredited)
Géo Forster
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve (uncredited)
Georges Fronval
Georges Fronval
German Soldier Who Kills Captain de Boëldieu (uncredited)
K
Karl Heil
Officer of the Fortress (uncredited)
C
Carl Koch
Von Rauffenstein's Orderly (uncredited)
L
Little Peters
Elsa's Daughter (uncredited)
Claude Sainval
Claude Sainval
Captain Ringis (uncredited)
Michel Salina
Michel Salina
(uncredited)
Claude Vernier
Claude Vernier
Prussian Officer (uncredited)

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