Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion (1937)

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Drama 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.

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  • Release Date: 1937-06-04
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Director: Jean Renoir

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Jean Gabin

      Le lieutenant Maréchal

    • Pierre Fresnay

      Le capitaine de Boëldieu

    • Erich von Stroheim

      Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

    • Marcel Dalio

      Le lieutenant Rosenthal

    • Dita Parlo

      Elsa

    • Julien Carette

      Cartier, l'acteur

    • Gaston Modot

      L'ingénieur

    • Georges Péclet

      Le serrurier

    • Werner Florian

      Le sergent Arthur

    • Jean Dasté

      L'instituteur

    • Sylvain Itkine

      Le lieutenant Demolder

    • Jacques Becker

      L'officier anglais

    • Habib Benglia

      Le sénégalais

    • Pierre Blondy

      Un soldat

    • Albert Brouett

      Un prisonnier

    • Georges Fronval

      Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

    • Karl Heil

      Un officier de la forteresse

    • Carl Koch

      Un gendarme de campagne

    • Little Peters

      Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

    • Claude Sainval

      Le capitaine Ringis

    • Michel Salina

    • Claude Vernier

      L'officer prussien

    • Géo Forster

      Maison-Neuve

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