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Film · 1937
Grand Illusion
1h 54mNRDirected by Jean Renoir
- Drama
- History
- War
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
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 GabinLieutenant Maréchal
Dita ParloElsa
Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu
Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein
Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer
Georges PécletOfficer- Werner FlorianSergeant Arthur
Jean DastéTeacher- Sylvain ItkineLieutenant Demolder
Gaston ModotEngineer
Marcel DalioLieutenant Rosenthal
Jacques BeckerBritish Officer (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Writer
- Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
- Music
- Joseph Kosma
- Cinematography
- Christian Matras
- Editor
- Marthe Huguet, Marguerite Renoir
- Producer
- Albert Pinkovitch, Frank Rollmer
- Release
- June 18, 1937
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- Russian, German, French
- Studio
- Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
- TMDB score
- 7.9 / 10 from 809 votes
Where to watch
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