Grand Illusion

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

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IMDb Ratings

8.1/10

Movie Details

Title
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.
Runtime
1 h 54 min
Release Date
4 June 1937
Actors
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Georges Péclet, Werner Florian, Jean Dasté, Sylvain Itkine, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Jacques Becker, Habib Benglia, Pierre Blondy, Albert Brouett, George Forster, Georges Fronval, Karl Heil, Carl Koch, Little Peters, Claude Sainval, Michel Salina, Claude Vernier
Certification
Not Rated
Genres
Drama, History, War
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