Release Date
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Original Release
June 4, 1937
1h 54m
Grand Illusion (1937)
⭐ 7.9114 min
Overview
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.
Director
Jean Renoir
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.2
Cast
Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal
⭐2.0
Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
⭐1.7
Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
⭐1.6
Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
⭐2.4
Dita Parlo
Elsa
⭐1.9
Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur
⭐1.1
Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur
⭐0.7
Georges Péclet
Le serrurier
⭐0.3
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Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur
⭐0.1
Jean Dasté
L'instituteur
⭐1.2
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
Production Companies
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
