Watch NowGrand Illusion (1937)
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31/12/1937 (GB)
Drama, History, War
1h 54m
- 79% (749 votes)
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A Great Drama of Human Emotions
Overview
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.
- Jean RenoirDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
La Grande Illusion
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Revenue
$172,885
Keywords
- prisoner
- france
- countryside
- escape
- germany
- world war i
- prisoner of war
- brotherhood
- camp
- aristocrat
- fraternity
- war injury
- escaped prisoner
- prison camp
- trying to escape
- escape plan
- humanism
Top Billed 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
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