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Grand Illusion

La Grande Illusion

19371h 54mDrama · History · War
directed by Jean Renoir

“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”

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Synopsis

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

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