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Grand Illusion (1937)

Grand Illusion (1937)

Drama History War

A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Release Date: 1937, June 18
Directors: Jean Renoir
Countries: France
Production: Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique, Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
Cast: Marcel Dalio, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Dasté, Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Karl Heil, Claude Vernier, Pierre Fresnay, Julien Carette, Claude Sainval, Georges Péclet, Habib Benglia

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.

Keywords:

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