Grand Illusion (1937)
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.
- Date of release
- 1937-06-18
- TMDB
- 7.9 / 10 (806)
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Director
- Jean Renoir
Casting
- Jean Gabin — Lieutenant Maréchal
- Dita Parlo — Elsa
- Pierre Fresnay — Captain de Boëldieu
- Erich von Stroheim — Captain von Rauffenstein
- Julien Carette — Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
- 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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