Grand Illusion (1937)
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.
Directed by: Jean Renoir
Top Billed Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Runtime: 114 minutes
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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
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Werner Florian
Sergeant Arthur
Jean Dasté
Teacher
Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder
Gaston Modot
Engineer
Marcel Dalio
Lieutenant Rosenthal
Jacques Becker
British Officer (uncredited)
Habib Benglia
Senegalese (uncredited)
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Pierre Blondy
Soldier (uncredited)
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Albert Brouett
Prisoner (uncredited)
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve (uncredited)
Georges Fronval
German Soldier Who Kills Captain de Boëldieu (uncredited)
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Karl Heil
Officer of the Fortress (uncredited)
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Carl Koch
Von Rauffenstein's Orderly (uncredited)
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Little Peters
Elsa's Daughter (uncredited)
Claude Sainval
Captain Ringis (uncredited)
Michel Salina
(uncredited)
Claude Vernier
Prussian Officer (uncredited)
