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Grand Illusion
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.
1937 · Directed by Jean Renoir · 114 min · Drama · History · War · 12 frames
Tagline
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
Crew
- Written by: Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
- Cinematography: Christian Matras
- Edited by: Marthe Huguet, Marguerite Renoir
- Music: Joseph Kosma
- Production design: Eugène Lourié
- Produced by: Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Lieutenant Maréchal
- Dita Parlo as Elsa
- Pierre Fresnay as Captain de Boëldieu
- Erich von Stroheim as Captain von Rauffenstein
- Julien Carette as Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
- Georges Péclet as Officer
- Werner Florian as Sergeant Arthur
- Jean Dasté as Teacher
- Sylvain Itkine as Lieutenant Demolder
- Gaston Modot as Engineer
Production
- Country: France
- Language: Russian, German, French, English
- Studios: Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
- Box office: $172,885
- Themes: prisoner, france, countryside, escape, germany, world war i, prisoner of war, brotherhood, camp, aristocrat
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