Grand Illusion

• 7.8 Drama
• 1937-06-04
• 114 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Jean Renoir

Writer:

Jean Renoir