Grand Illusion
Film1937114 min7.9/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Jean Renoir
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Jean GabinLieutenant Maréchal
Dita ParloElsa
Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu
Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein
Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer
Georges PécletOfficerWerner Florian
Werner FlorianSergeant Arthur
Jean DastéTeacherSylvain Itkine
Sylvain ItkineLieutenant Demolder
Gaston ModotEngineer
Marcel DalioLieutenant Rosenthal
Jacques BeckerBritish Officer (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Producer
- Frank Rollmer
- Director of Photography
- Christian Matras
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph Kosma
- Editor
- Marthe Huguet
- Producer
- Albert Pinkovitch
- Editor
- Marguerite Renoir
- Writer
- Charles Spaak
- Writer
- Jean Renoir