Movie
Grand Illusion
“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”
DramaHistoryWar
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.
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Details
- Directed by
- Jean Renoir
- Released
- 18 Jun 1937
- Status
- Released
- Language
- French
- Studio
- Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
- Box office
- $172,885
- Votes
- 806 on TMDB
Cast
Jean GabinLieutenant Maréchal
Dita ParloElsa
Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu
Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein
Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer
Georges PécletOfficer- WWerner FlorianSergeant Arthur
Jean DastéTeacher- SSylvain ItkineLieutenant Demolder
Gaston ModotEngineer
Marcel DalioLieutenant Rosenthal
Jacques BeckerBritish Officer (uncredited)
Habib BengliaSenegalese (uncredited)- PPierre BlondySoldier (uncredited)
