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Grand Illusion

78.57000000000001 %|Jun 4, 1937|Drama, History, War

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.

Featured Crew

Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Raffels
Makeup Artist
René Decrais
Costume Design
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer
Eugène Lourié
Set Decoration
Jean Renoir
Director
Albert Pinkovitch
Producer
Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal
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Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
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Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
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Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
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Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur
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Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur
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Georges Péclet
Le serrurier
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Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur
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Jean Dasté
L'instituteur
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Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
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Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais
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Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais
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Pierre Blondy
Un soldat
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Albert Brouett
Un prisonnier
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Roger Forster
Maison-Neuve
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Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
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Karl Heil
Un officier de la forteresse
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Carl Koch
Un gendarme de campagne
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Little Peters
Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
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Claude Sainval
Le capitaine Ringis
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Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien