Overview - Grand Illusion

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.

Cast

• Name: Jean Gabin

  Character: Lieutenant Maréchal

  Popularity: 1.222

  

• Name: Dita Parlo

  Character: Elsa

  Popularity: 0.7413

  

• Name: Pierre Fresnay

  Character: Captain de Boëldieu

  Popularity: 1.0102

  

• Name: Erich von Stroheim

  Character: Captain von Rauffenstein

  Popularity: 1.1729

  

• Name: Julien Carette

  Character: Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer

  Popularity: 0.9008

  

• Name: Georges Péclet

  Character: Officer

  Popularity: 0.5839

  

• Name: Werner Florian

  Character: Sergeant Arthur

  Popularity: 0.3317

  

• Name: Jean Dasté

  Character: Teacher

  Popularity: 0.8604