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Grand Illusion

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Starring: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo

Writer: Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak

Release Date:
June 4, 1937
Ratings:
7.9 / 10
Director:
Jean Renoir
Companies:
Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique

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.