Grand Illusion
La Grande Illusion
Release: 1937-06-04
·Runtime: 114m
·★ 7.9
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.
Production Countries
France
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Cast
Géo Forster
as Maison-Neuve
Pierre Fresnay
as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Dita Parlo
as Elsa
Gaston Modot
as L'ingénieur
Jacques Becker
as L'officier anglais
Georges Péclet
as Le serrurier
Jean Dasté
as L'instituteur
Habib Benglia
as Le sénégalais
Marcel Dalio
as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Julien Carette
as Cartier, l'acteur
Claude Vernier
as L'officer prussien
Jean Gabin
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
