Grand Illusion
- Released on
- Runtime
- 114 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Jean Gabin
- Pierre Fresnay
- Erich von Stroheim
- Marcel Dalio
- Dita Parlo
- Julien Carette
- Gaston Modot
- Georges Péclet
- Werner Florian
- Jean Dasté
- Sylvain Itkine
- Jacques Becker
- Habib Benglia
- Pierre Blondy
- Albert Brouett
- Georges Fronval
- Karl Heil
- Carl Koch
- Little Peters
- Claude Sainval
- Michel Salina
- Claude Vernier
- Géo Forster
Director
- Jean Renoir
Producers
- Frank Rollmer
- Albert Pinkovitch
Screenwriter
- Jean Renoir
