The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 354 1930s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
800 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean RenoirDirector
- Joseph KosmaOriginal Music Composer
- Charles SpaakWriter
- Jean RenoirWriter
Cast
- 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)
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Themes
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The Best French Drama Movies
Grand Illusion is #12 of 60
