La Grande Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion
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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Jean Gabin
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
Pierre Fresnay
as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Marcel Dalio
as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Dita Parlo
as Elsa
as Elsa
Julien Carette
as Cartier, l'acteur
as Cartier, l'acteur
Gaston Modot
as L'ingénieur
as L'ingénieur
Georges Péclet
as Le serrurier
as Le serrurier
Werner Florian
as Le sergent Arthur
as Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté
as L'instituteur
as L'instituteur
Sylvain Itkine
as Le lieutenant Demolder
as Le lieutenant Demolder
Jacques Becker
as L'officier anglais
as L'officier anglais
Habib Benglia
as Le sénégalais
as Le sénégalais
Pierre Blondy
as Un soldat
as Un soldat
Albert Brouett
as Un prisonnier
as Un prisonnier
Georges Fronval
as Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
as Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Karl Heil
as Un officier de la forteresse
as Un officier de la forteresse
Carl Koch
as Un gendarme de campagne
as Un gendarme de campagne
Little Peters
as Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
as Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
Claude Sainval
as Le capitaine Ringis
as Le capitaine Ringis
Michel Salina
as
as
Claude Vernier
as L'officer prussien
as L'officer prussien
Géo Forster
as Maison-Neuve
as Maison-Neuve
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Jean Renoir
Director
Director
Eugène Lourié
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Frank Rollmer
Producer
Producer
René Decrais
Costume Design
Costume Design
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Jean Renoir
Screenplay
Screenplay
Raffels
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Marthe Huguet
Editor
Editor
Albert Pinkovitch
Producer
Producer
Charles Spaak
Dialogue
Dialogue
Claude Renoir
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Françoise Giroud
Script
Script
Raymond Blondy
Production Manager
Production Manager
Jacques Becker
First Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Robert Rips
Second Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Emile Vuillermoz
Conductor
Conductor
Jean Bourgoin
First Assistant Camera
First Assistant Camera
Suzy Berton
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Pierre Blondy
Manager of Operations
Manager of Operations
Raymond Pillon
Prop Maker
Prop Maker
Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Production Design
Marguerite Renoir
Editor
Editor
Alexandre Laurié
Prop Maker
Prop Maker
Ernest Bourreaud
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Carl Koch
Technical Supervisor
Technical Supervisor
Maurice Barnathan
Location Manager
Location Manager
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