Drama · History · War
Grand Illusion
Avg rating 8.6 / My rating TBC
1937 · Directed by Jean Renoir · With Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 54m · 114 min
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (40,437 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% (critics)
- TMDB
- 7.9 / 10 (audience, 806 votes)
- Trailer
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Full cast and crew
- Jean RenoirDirector
- Jean GabinActoras Lieutenant Maréchal
- Dita ParloActoras Elsa
- Pierre FresnayActoras Captain de Boëldieu
- Erich von StroheimActoras Captain von Rauffenstein
- Julien CaretteActoras Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
- Georges PécletActoras Officer
- Werner FlorianActoras Sergeant ArthurWF
- Jean DastéActoras Teacher
- Joseph KosmaComposerJK
About this film
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.
Synopsis from TMDB.
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