La Grande Illusion (1937)

La Grande Illusion Poster

1h 54min | Drama, History, War | Jun 4, 1937 | Released

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.

Director: Jean Renoir

Producer: Albert Pinkovitch Frank Rollmer

Writer(s): Jean Renoir

Story:

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Cast & Crew

Cast (23 Members)

Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Erich von Stroheim

Le captaine von Rauffenstein

L'ordonnance de von Rauffenstein (uncredited)

Cartier, l'acteur

L'ingénieur

Le lieutenant Maréchal

Elsa

Le captaine de Boeldieu

Georges Péclet

Le serrurier

Le sergent Arthur

L'instituteur

Le lieutenant Demolder

L'officer prussien (uncredited)

L'officier anglais (uncredited)

Le capitaine Ringis (uncredited)

Un soldat (uncredited)

(uncredited)

Georges Fronval

Le soldat allemand qui tue le capitaine de Boeldieu (uncredi...

Le sénégalais (uncredited)

Un officier de la forteresse (uncredited)

Un prisonnier (uncredited)

Maison-Neuve (uncredited)

La petite fille d'Elsa (uncredited)

Marcel Dalio Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Erich von Stroheim Le captaine von Rauffenstein

Carl Koch L'ordonnance de von Rauffenstein (uncredited)

Julien Carette Cartier, l'acteur

Gaston Modot L'ingénieur

Jean Gabin Le lieutenant Maréchal

Dita Parlo Elsa

Pierre Fresnay Le captaine de Boeldieu

Georges Péclet Le serrurier

Werner Florian Le sergent Arthur

Jean Dasté L'instituteur

Sylvain Itkine Le lieutenant Demolder

Claude Vernier L'officer prussien (uncredited)

Jacques Becker L'officier anglais (uncredited)

Claude Sainval Le capitaine Ringis (uncredited)

Pierre Blondy Un soldat (uncredited)

Michel Salina (uncredited)

Georges Fronval Le soldat allemand qui tue le capitaine de Boeldieu (uncredi...

Habib Benglia Le sénégalais (uncredited)

Karl Heil Un officier de la forteresse (uncredited)

Albert Brouett Un prisonnier (uncredited)

George Forster Maison-Neuve (uncredited)

Little Peters La petite fille d'Elsa (uncredited)

Crew (26 Members)

Camera Operator

Director

Technical Supervisor

Editor

Marguerite Renoir

Editor

Albert Pinkovitch

Producer

Producer

Original Music Composer

Christian Matras

Director of Photography

Eugène Lourié

Production Design

Costume Design

Makeup Artist

Joseph de Bretagne

Sound Designer

First Assistant Camera

Dialogue

First Assistant Director

Manager of Operations

Françoise Giroud

Script

Maurice Barnathan

Location Manager

Production Manager

Second Assistant Director

Alexandre Laurié

Prop Maker

Prop Maker

Ernest Bourreaud

Camera Operator

Wardrobe Supervisor

Emile Vuillermoz

Conductor

Claude Renoir Camera Operator

Jean Renoir Director

Carl Koch Technical Supervisor

Marthe Huguet Editor

Marguerite Renoir Editor

Albert Pinkovitch Producer

Frank Rollmer Producer

Joseph Kosma Original Music Composer

Christian Matras Director of Photography

Eugène Lourié Production Design

René Decrais Costume Design

Raffels Makeup Artist

Joseph de Bretagne Sound Designer

Jean Bourgoin First Assistant Camera

Charles Spaak Dialogue

Jacques Becker First Assistant Director

Pierre Blondy Manager of Operations

Françoise Giroud Script

Maurice Barnathan Location Manager

Raymond Blondy Production Manager

Robert Rips Second Assistant Director

Alexandre Laurié Prop Maker

Raymond Pillon Prop Maker

Ernest Bourreaud Camera Operator

Suzy Berton Wardrobe Supervisor

Emile Vuillermoz Conductor

Age At Time Of Release

37

Erich von Stroheim

51

23

42

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