Grand Illusion
(1937)

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Released: 1937-06-04

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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

as Le lieutenant Maréchal

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Pierre Fresnay

as Le capitaine de Boëldieu

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Erich von Stroheim

as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

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Marcel Dalio

as Le lieutenant Rosenthal

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Julien Carette

as Cartier, l'acteur

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Gaston Modot

as L'ingénieur

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Georges Péclet

as Le serrurier

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Werner Florian

as Le sergent Arthur

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Jean Dasté

as L'instituteur

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Sylvain Itkine

as Le lieutenant Demolder

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Jacques Becker

as L'officier anglais

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Habib Benglia

as Le sénégalais

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Pierre Blondy

as Un soldat

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Albert Brouett

as Un prisonnier

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Roger Forster

as Maison-Neuve

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Georges Fronval

as Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

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Karl Heil

as Un officier de la forteresse

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Carl Koch

as Un gendarme de campagne

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Little Peters

as Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

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Christian Matras

Director of Photography

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Eugène Lourié

Set Decoration

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René Decrais

Costume Design

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Raffels

Makeup Artist

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Joseph Kosma

Original Music Composer

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Raymond Blondy

Production Manager

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Jacques Becker

First Assistant Director

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Robert Rips

Second Assistant Director

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Jean Bourgoin

First Assistant Camera

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