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.

• Jean RenoirDirector
• Joseph KosmaOriginal Music Composer
• Charles SpaakWriter
• Jean RenoirWriter

• Jean GabinLieutenant Maréchal
• Dita ParloElsa
• Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu
• Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein
• Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer
• Georges PécletOfficer
• Werner FlorianSergeant Arthur
• Jean DastéTeacher
• Sylvain ItkineLieutenant Demolder
• Gaston ModotEngineer
• Marcel DalioLieutenant Rosenthal
• Jacques BeckerBritish Officer (uncredited)