Grand Illusion

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.

• Joseph KosmaOriginal Music Composer
• Jean RenoirDirector
• Jean RenoirScreenplay

• Jean GabinLe lieutenant Maréchal
• Pierre FresnayLe capitaine de Boëldieu
• Erich von StroheimLe capitaine von Rauffenstein
• Marcel DalioLe lieutenant Rosenthal
• Dita ParloElsa
• Julien CaretteCartier, l'acteur
• Gaston ModotL'ingénieur
• Georges PécletLe serrurier
• Werner FlorianLe sergent Arthur
• Jean DastéL'instituteur
• Sylvain ItkineLe lieutenant Demolder
• Jacques BeckerL'officier anglais