Grand Illusion

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.

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  Jean Gabin

  Lieutenant Maréchal
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  Dita Parlo

  Elsa
• 
  Pierre Fresnay

  Captain de Boëldieu
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  Erich von Stroheim

  Captain von Rauffenstein
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  Julien Carette

  Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
• 
  Georges Péclet

  Officer
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  Jean Dasté

  Teacher
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  Gaston Modot

  Engineer
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  Marcel Dalio

  Lieutenant Rosenthal
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  Jacques Becker

  British Officer (uncredited)