Grand Illusion
- Drama
- History
- War
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.
- Directed by
- Jean Renoir
- Written by
- Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
Cast
- Jean Gabin
- Dita Parlo
- Pierre Fresnay
- Erich von Stroheim
- Julien Carette
- Georges Péclet
- Werner Florian
- Jean Dasté
- Sylvain Itkine
- Gaston Modot
- Marcel Dalio
- Jacques Becker
The Rules of the Game
Nana
The River
Experiment in Evil
The Elusive Corporal