

Grand Illusion
La Grande 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.
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Jean Renoir
Frank Rollmer
Albert Pinkovitch
Joseph Kosma
Christian Matras
Marthe Huguet
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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

Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder

Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais









