Grand Illusion
“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”
1937•NR•1h 54m•7.9•Released
DramaHistoryWar
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
Writer
Jean Renoir
Revenue
$0M
Languages
Russian, German, French
Studio
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
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
Production
Company
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
Producer
Frank Rollmer
Producer
Albert Pinkovitch
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