Grand Illusion
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
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
Jean GabinLieutenant Maréchal 
Dita ParloElsa 
Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu 
Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein 
Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer 
Georges PécletOfficer - W
Werner FlorianSergeant Arthur 
Jean DastéTeacher - S
Sylvain ItkineLieutenant Demolder 
Gaston ModotEngineer 
Marcel DalioLieutenant Rosenthal 
Jacques BeckerBritish Officer (uncredited) 
Habib BengliaSenegalese (uncredited) - P
Pierre BlondySoldier (uncredited) - A
Albert BrouettPrisoner (uncredited) 
Géo ForsterMaison-Neuve (uncredited)
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