Movielogr
Grand Illusion (1937)
Directed by Jean Renoir
Most recently watched by sleestakk, sensoria
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.
Rated NR | Length 114 minutes
Actors
Jean Gabin | Pierre Fresnay | Erich von Stroheim | Marcel Dalio | Dita Parlo | Julien Carette | Gaston Modot | Georges Péclet | Werner Florian | Jean Dasté | Sylvain Itkine | Jacques Becker | Habib Benglia | Pierre Blondy | Albert Brouett | Roger Forster | Georges Fronval | Karl Heil | Carl Koch | Little Peters | Claude Sainval | Michel Salina | Claude Vernier