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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.
Where to watch Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion is streaming in the US on Darkroom and Kanopy.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Lieutenant Maréchal
- Dita Parlo as Elsa
- Pierre Fresnay as Captain de Boëldieu
- Erich von Stroheim as Captain von Rauffenstein
- Julien Carette as Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
- Georges Péclet as Officer
- Werner Florian as Sergeant Arthur
- Jean Dasté as Teacher
- Sylvain Itkine as Lieutenant Demolder
- Gaston Modot as Engineer
- Marcel Dalio as Lieutenant Rosenthal
- Jacques Becker as British Officer (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Released
- June 18, 1937
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Studio
- Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.9 / 10 from 806 votes
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