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Grand Illusion
Dir. Jean Renoir
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Grand Illusion
“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”
Drama
History
War
Original title: La Grande Illusion
Director
Jean Renoir
Screenplay
Jean Renoir
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.
Release
Jun 4, 1937
Budget
—
Country
France
Revenue
$173K
Cast
Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal
Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Dita Parlo
Elsa
Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur
Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur
Georges Péclet
Le serrurier
Jean Dasté
L'instituteur
Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais
Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais
Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Claude Sainval
Le capitaine Ringis
Michel Salina
Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien
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