Drama ·History ·War · France · 1937 · 1h 54m

Grand Illusion

La Grande Illusion

Director

Cast

Jean Gabin as Le lieutenant Maréchal Pierre Fresnay as Le capitaine de Boëldieu Erich von Stroheim as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein Marcel Dalio as Le lieutenant Rosenthal Dita Parlo as Elsa Julien Carette as Cartier, l'acteur

Crew

Christian Matras — Director of Photography Marthe Huguet — Editor Marguerite Renoir — Editor Joseph Kosma — Original Music Composer Jean Renoir — Screenplay Frank Rollmer — Producer

Tagline

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Synopsis

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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