

Grand Illusion
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
7.9812 votes on TMDB1937Movie1h 54m
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
Lieutenant Maréchal

Dita Parlo
Elsa

Pierre Fresnay
Captain de Boëldieu

Erich von Stroheim
Captain von Rauffenstein

Julien Carette
Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer

Georges Péclet
Officer
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Werner Florian
Sergeant Arthur

Jean Dasté
Teacher
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Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder

Gaston Modot
Engineer

Marcel Dalio
Lieutenant Rosenthal

Jacques Becker
British Officer (uncredited)
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