Release Date
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Original Release
June 18, 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: 1.0
Cast
Jean Gabin
Lieutenant Maréchal
⭐1.6
Dita Parlo
Elsa
⭐0.7
Pierre Fresnay
Captain de Boëldieu
⭐1.0
Erich von Stroheim
Captain von Rauffenstein
⭐1.0
Julien Carette
Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
⭐0.9
Georges Péclet
Officer
⭐0.5
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Werner Florian
Sergeant Arthur
⭐0.3
Jean Dasté
Teacher
⭐1.2
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Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder
⭐0.6
Gaston Modot
Engineer
⭐0.8
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
Production Companies
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
