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: Le lieutenant Maréchal

  Popularity: 4.631

  

• Name: Pierre Fresnay

  Character: Le capitaine de Boëldieu

  Popularity: 1.163

  

• Name: Erich von Stroheim

  Character: Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

  Popularity: 2.28

  

• Name: Marcel Dalio

  Character: Le lieutenant Rosenthal

  Popularity: 3.603

  

• Name: Dita Parlo

  Character: Elsa

  Popularity: 3.343

  

• Name: Julien Carette

  Character: Cartier, l'acteur

  Popularity: 1.858

  

• Name: Gaston Modot

  Character: L'ingénieur

  Popularity: 1.069

  

• Name: Georges Péclet

  Character: Le serrurier

  Popularity: 1.532