Grand Illusion
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
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- Drama
- War
- History
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.
Keywords
- france
- escape
- world war i
- aristocrat
- fraternity
- germany
- brotherhood
- prisoner of war
- countryside
- camp
- prisoner
- prison camp
- escape plan
- escaped prisoner
- war injury
- trying to escape
- humanism
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 18, 1937
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- Russian, German, French, English
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
- Cast
- Jean Gabin,Dita Parlo,Pierre Fresnay,Erich von Stroheim,Julien Carette,Georges Péclet,Werner Florian,Jean Dasté,Sylvain Itkine,Gaston Modotand 13 more
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Writer
- Charles Spaak,Jean Renoir
- Producer
- Albert Pinkovitch,Frank Rollmer
- Cinematography
- Christian Matras
- Music
- Joseph Kosma
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $172,885
- IMDb
- tt0028950