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Grand Illusion 1937 Directed by Jean Renoir 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.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Languages English , French , German , Russian
Gneres Drama , History , War
Revenue $172,885
Release Date 4 June 1937
114 mins
Cast
Jean Gabin Le lieutenant Maréchal
Pierre Fresnay Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Marcel Dalio Le lieutenant Rosenthal
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
Habib Benglia Le sénégalais
Pierre Blondy Un soldat
Albert Brouett Un prisonnier
Georges Fronval Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Karl Heil Un officier de la forteresse
Carl Koch Un gendarme de campagne
Little Peters Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
Claude Sainval Le capitaine Ringis
Claude Vernier L'officer prussien
Géo Forster Maison-Neuve