Grand Illusion
TMDB 7.9
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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.
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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.
DramaHistoryWar
Trailers & More
Grand Illusion
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.
- Directors
- Jean Renoir
- Producers
- Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch
- Cast and Characters
- Jean Gabin (Lieutenant Maréchal), Dita Parlo (Elsa), Pierre Fresnay (Captain de Boëldieu), Erich von Stroheim (Captain von Rauffenstein), Julien Carette (Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer), Georges Péclet (Officer), Werner Florian (Sergeant Arthur), Jean Dasté (Teacher)
- Languages
- Russian, German, French, English