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Grand Illusion (1937)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jean Renoir
  • Profile picture of Jean Gabin
    Le lieutenant Maréchal Jean Gabin
  • Profile picture of Pierre Fresnay
    Le capitaine de Boëldieu Pierre Fresnay
  • Profile picture of Erich von Stroheim
    Le capitaine von Rauffenstein Erich von Stroheim
  • Profile picture of Marcel Dalio
    Le lieutenant Rosenthal Marcel Dalio
  • Profile picture of Dita Parlo
    Elsa Dita Parlo
  • Profile picture of Julien Carette
    Cartier, l'acteur Julien Carette
  • Profile picture of Gaston Modot
    L'ingénieur Gaston Modot
  • Profile picture of Georges Péclet
    Le serrurier Georges Péclet

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Keywords

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  • france
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  • germany
  • world war i
  • prisoner of war
  • brotherhood
  • camp
  • aristocrat
  • fraternity
  • war injury
  • escaped prisoner
  • prison camp
  • trying to escape
  • escape plan
  • humanism