Grand Illusion
7.9
751 reviews
Drama/History
1h 54m
1937
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...
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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.
- DirectorJean Renoir
- Release4 June 1937
- Genre
- Duration1h 54m
- Budget?
- Revenue$172,885
- Rate7.9751 reviews
- Productions
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
Jean Dasté
L'instituteur
Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais
Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais
Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve
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