Grand Illusion

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.

CastCrewDetailsGenres

Jean GabinLieutenant Maréchal

Dita ParloElsa

Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu

Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein

Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer

Georges PécletOfficer

WWerner FlorianSergeant Arthur

Jean DastéTeacher

SSylvain ItkineLieutenant Demolder

Gaston ModotEngineer

Marcel DalioLieutenant Rosenthal

Jacques BeckerBritish Officer (uncredited)

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