

NR1h 54m1937
Grand Illusion
La Grande Illusion
“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”
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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.
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Writers
- Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Release date
- 18 June 1937
- Box office
- $172,885
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Cast

Jean Gabin
Lieutenant Maréchal

Pierre Fresnay
Captain de Boëldieu

Erich von Stroheim
Captain von Rauffenstein

Julien Carette
Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer

Dita Parlo
Elsa

Georges Péclet
Officer
Werner Florian
Sergeant Arthur

Jean Dasté
Teacher

Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder

Gaston Modot
Engineer

Marcel Dalio
Lieutenant Rosenthal

Jacques Becker
British Officer (uncredited)
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