Grand Illusion (1937)
Kernel Score: 86% · 763 ratings
Genres: Drama, History, War
Released: 1937-06-04
Runtime: 114 minutes
Overview
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.
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Cast
- Jean Gabin as Le lieutenant Maréchal
- Pierre Fresnay as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
- Erich von Stroheim as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
- Marcel Dalio as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
- Dita Parlo as Elsa
- Julien Carette as Cartier, l'acteur
- Gaston Modot as L'ingénieur
- Georges Péclet as Le serrurier
- Werner Florian as Le sergent Arthur
- Jean Dasté as L'instituteur