Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

1937 fr 114 minutes

Rating: 7.856

Plot

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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Cast

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

Le lieutenant Maréchal

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

Le capitaine de Boëldieu

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Dita Parlo

Dita Parlo

Elsa

Julien Carette

Julien Carette

Cartier, l'acteur

Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

L'ingénieur

Georges Péclet

Georges Péclet

Le serrurier

Werner Florian

Werner Florian

Le sergent Arthur

Jean Dasté

Jean Dasté

L'instituteur

Sylvain Itkine

Sylvain Itkine

Le lieutenant Demolder

Jacques Becker

Jacques Becker

L'officier anglais

Habib Benglia

Habib Benglia

Le sénégalais

Pierre Blondy

Pierre Blondy

Un soldat

Albert Brouett

Albert Brouett

Un prisonnier

Georges Fronval

Georges Fronval

Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

Karl Heil

Karl Heil

Un officier de la forteresse

Carl Koch

Carl Koch

Un gendarme de campagne

Little Peters

Little Peters

Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

Claude Sainval

Claude Sainval

Le capitaine Ringis

Michel Salina

Michel Salina

Claude Vernier

Claude Vernier

L'officer prussien

Géo Forster

Géo Forster

Maison-Neuve

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