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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 12, 1938
Box Office
$173K
Theaters
1
Director
Producer
Albert Pinkovitch
Music
Studio
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
Original Title
La Grande Illusion
Original Language
French
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean Gabin
Lieutenant Maréchal
D
Dita Parlo
Elsa
P
Pierre Fresnay
Captain de Boëldieu
E
Erich von Stroheim
Captain von Rauffenstein
J
Julien Carette
Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
G
Georges Péclet
Officer
J
Jean Dasté
Teacher
S
Sylvain Itkine
Lieutenant Demolder
G
Gaston Modot
Engineer
M
Marcel Dalio
Lieutenant Rosenthal
J
Jacques Becker
British Officer (uncredited)
H
Habib Benglia
Senegalese (uncredited)
P
Pierre Blondy
Soldier (uncredited)
A
Albert Brouett
Prisoner (uncredited)
G
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve (uncredited)
K
Karl Heil
Officer of the Fortress (uncredited)
C
Carl Koch
Von Rauffenstein's Orderly (uncredited)
C
Claude Sainval
Captain Ringis (uncredited)
M
Michel Salina
(uncredited)
C
Claude Vernier
Prussian Officer (uncredited)
