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Grand Illusion( 1937)

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A Great Drama of Human Emotions

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jean Gabin

      Le lieutenant Maréchal

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      Pierre Fresnay

      Le capitaine de Boëldieu

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      Erich von Stroheim

      Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

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      Marcel Dalio

      Le lieutenant Rosenthal

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      Dita Parlo

      Elsa

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      Julien Carette

      Cartier, l'acteur

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      Gaston Modot

      L'ingénieur

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      Georges Péclet

      Le serrurier

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      Werner Florian

      Le sergent Arthur

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      Jean Dasté

      L'instituteur

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      Sylvain Itkine

      Le lieutenant Demolder

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      Jacques Becker

      L'officier anglais

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      Habib Benglia

      Le sénégalais

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      Pierre Blondy

      Un soldat

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      Albert Brouett

      Un prisonnier

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      Georges Fronval

      Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

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      Karl Heil

      Un officier de la forteresse

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      Carl Koch

      Un gendarme de campagne

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      Little Peters

      Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

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      Claude Sainval

      Le capitaine Ringis

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      Michel Salina

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      Claude Vernier

      L'officer prussien

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      Géo Forster

      Maison-Neuve

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022
    Very much more of a character-driven look at the experiences of French prisoners during the first world war. The inmates represent - much as did their army - soldiers from all aspects of life. The aristocratic Pierre Fresnay as "Boeldieu", Jean Gabin "Maréchal" and Marcel Dalio "Rosenthal" as the more down to earth captives - but all proud Frenchmen with their own determination to escape their imprisonment. The film features many of their valiant escape attempts; along with providing us with quite an interesting illustration of the toughness of their existence and the diversions they sought fro...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    172885.00

    Keywords

    • prisoner
    • france
    • countryside
    • escape
    • germany
    • world war i
    • prisoner of war
    • brotherhood
    • camp
    • aristocrat
    • fraternity
    • war injury
    • escaped prisoner
    • prison camp
    • trying to escape
    • escape plan
    • humanism