Grand Illusion

Grand 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.

FR

Made in FR

7.9/10

1937

Drama
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Cast

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

As Le lieutenant Maréchal

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

As Le capitaine de Boëldieu

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

As Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

As Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Dita Parlo

Dita Parlo

As Elsa

Julien Carette

Julien Carette

As Cartier, l'acteur

Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

As L'ingénieur

Georges Péclet

Georges Péclet

As Le serrurier

Werner Florian

Werner Florian

As Le sergent Arthur

Jean Dasté

Jean Dasté

As L'instituteur

Sylvain Itkine

Sylvain Itkine

As Le lieutenant Demolder

Jacques Becker

Jacques Becker

As L'officier anglais

Habib Benglia

Habib Benglia

As Le sénégalais

Pierre Blondy

Pierre Blondy

As Un soldat

Albert Brouett

Albert Brouett

As Un prisonnier

Georges Fronval

Georges Fronval

As Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

Karl Heil

Karl Heil

As Un officier de la forteresse

Carl Koch

Carl Koch

As Un gendarme de campagne

Little Peters

Little Peters

As Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

Claude Sainval

Claude Sainval

As Le capitaine Ringis

Michel Salina

Michel Salina

As

Claude Vernier

Claude Vernier

As L'officer prussien

Géo Forster

Géo Forster

As Maison-Neuve

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