Grand Illusion
movie
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
Released June 04, 1937
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.
Cast
Jean Gabin
as
Le lieutenant Maréchal
Pierre Fresnay
as
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
as
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Marcel Dalio
as
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Dita Parlo
as
Elsa
Julien Carette
as
Cartier, l'acteur
Gaston Modot
as
L'ingénieur
Georges Péclet
as
Le serrurier
- no image
Werner Florian
as
Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté
as
L'instituteur
- no image
Sylvain Itkine
as
Le lieutenant Demolder
Jacques Becker
as
L'officier anglais
Crew
- no image
Albert Pinkovitch
as
Producer
- no image
Frank Rollmer
as
Producer
Christian Matras
as
Director of Photography
Eugène Lourié
as
Set Decoration
- no image
René Decrais
as
Costume Design
- no image
Raffels
as
Makeup Artist
- no image
Joseph de Bretagne
as
Sound Designer
Jean Renoir
as
Director
Jean Renoir
as
Screenplay
- no image
Marthe Huguet
as
Editor
- no image
Joseph Kosma
as
Original Music Composer
Charles Spaak
as
Dialogue