Grand Illusion (1937)
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 Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal
Dita Parlo
Elsa
Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Georges Péclet
Le serrurier
Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté
L'instituteur
Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur
Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur
Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais
Keywords
PrisonerEscapeWorld war iFranceFraternityCampPrisoner of warAristocratBrotherhoodGermanyCountrysidePrison campEscaped prisonerEscape planWar injuryNouvelle vagueTrying to escapeHumanism
