The Grand Illusion

The Grand Illusion

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin), 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 (Erich von Stroheim), who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu. …

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Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

French film director

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

French actor

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Austrian-American director

Joseph Kosma

Joseph Kosma

Hungarian-French composer

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

French stage actor

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

French movie actor

Charles Spaak

Charles Spaak

Belgian screenwriter

Sylvain Itkine

Sylvain Itkine

Actor

Julien Carette

Julien Carette

French film actor

Dita Parlo

Dita Parlo

German actress

Christian Matras

Christian Matras

Poet

Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

French actor

Victor Gaston

Victor Gaston

Former Acting Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives

Erich Carl

Erich Carl

Author

Jean Dasté

Jean Dasté

Actor