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Grand Illusion
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Grand Illusion

"A Great Drama of Human Emotions"

1937
1h 54m
7.9(734 votes)
Drama
History
War

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.

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23 members
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Jean Gabin

Le lieutenant Maréchal

Jean Gabin
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Pierre Fresnay

Le capitaine de Boëldieu

Pierre Fresnay
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Erich von Stroheim

Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Erich von Stroheim
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Marcel Dalio

Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Marcel Dalio
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Dita Parlo

Elsa

Dita Parlo
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Julien Carette

Cartier, l'acteur

Julien Carette
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Gaston Modot

L'ingénieur

Gaston Modot
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Georges Péclet

Le serrurier

Georges Péclet
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Werner Florian

Le sergent Arthur

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Jean Dasté

L'instituteur

Jean Dasté
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Sylvain Itkine

Le lieutenant Demolder

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Directing

Jacques Becker

L'officier anglais

Jacques Becker
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Habib Benglia

Le sénégalais

Habib Benglia
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Pierre Blondy

Un soldat

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Albert Brouett

Un prisonnier

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Georges Fronval

Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

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Karl Heil

Un officier de la forteresse

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Visual Effects

Carl Koch

Un gendarme de campagne

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Little Peters

Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

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Claude Sainval

Le capitaine Ringis

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Michel Salina

Unknown Role

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Claude Vernier

L'officer prussien

Claude Vernier
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Géo Forster

Maison-Neuve

Géo Forster

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