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Grand Illusion
1937, Jun 18
1h 54m
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.
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
Jean Gabin
Lieutenant Maréchal
Erich von Stroheim
Captain von Rauffenstein
Julien Carette
Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
Marcel Dalio
Lieutenant Rosenthal
Gaston Modot
Engineer
Pierre Fresnay
Captain de Boëldieu
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve (uncredited)
Dita Parlo
Elsa
Jean Dasté
Teacher
Georges Péclet
Officer
Claude Sainval
Captain Ringis (uncredited)
Michel Salina
(uncredited)
Claude Vernier
Prussian Officer (uncredited)
Habib Benglia
Senegalese (uncredited)
Georges Fronval
German Soldier Who Kills Captain de Boëldieu (uncredited)
Werner Florian
Sergeant Arthur
Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder
Albert Brouett
Prisoner (uncredited)
Karl Heil
Officer of the Fortress (uncredited)
Little Peters
Elsa's Daughter (uncredited)
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