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Grand Illusion (1937)
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Grand Illusion

1937Directed by Jean Renoir1h 54m

La Grande Illusion

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

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.

  • Drama
  • History
  • War

Cast

  • Jean Gabin as Lieutenant Maréchal
  • Dita Parlo as Elsa
  • Pierre Fresnay as Captain de Boëldieu
  • Erich von Stroheim as Captain von Rauffenstein
  • Julien Carette as Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
  • Georges Péclet as Officer
  • Werner Florian as Sergeant Arthur
  • Jean Dasté as Teacher
  • Sylvain Itkine as Lieutenant Demolder
  • Gaston Modot as Engineer
  • Marcel Dalio as Lieutenant Rosenthal
  • Jacques Becker as British Officer (uncredited)
  • Habib Benglia as Senegalese (uncredited)
  • Pierre Blondy as Soldier (uncredited)
  • Albert Brouett as Prisoner (uncredited)
  • Géo Forster as Maison-Neuve (uncredited)

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