Grand Illusion
1937
Director: 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.
Cast
Jean Gabin (Lieutenant Maréchal) · Dita Parlo (Elsa) · Pierre Fresnay (Captain de Boëldieu) · Erich von Stroheim (Captain von Rauffenstein) · Julien Carette (Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer) · Georges Péclet (Officer) · Werner Florian (Sergeant Arthur) · Jean Dasté (Teacher) · Sylvain Itkine (Lieutenant Demolder) · Gaston Modot (Engineer)
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