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Grand Illusion

Lists: Drama, Historical, War, Best Picture nominee 1930 to 1939, Sight And Sound Critics Top 250

Brief Synopsis: "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."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1937: # 0)


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  • Jean Gabin (Le lieutenant Maréchal)
  • Dita Parlo (Elsa)
  • Pierre Fresnay (Le captaine de Boeldieu)
  • Erich von Stroheim (Le captaine von Rauffenstein)
  • Georges Péclet (Le serrurier)
  • Werner Florian (Le sergent Arthur)
  • Jean Dasté (Linstituteur)
  • Sylvain Itkine (Le lieutenant Demolder)
  • Marcel Dalio (Le lieutenant Rosenthal)
  • Julien Carette (Cartier, lacteur)
  • Gaston Modot (Lingénieur)
  • Jacques Becker (Lofficier anglais)
  • Habib Benglia (Le sénégalais)
  • Pierre Blondy (Un soldat)
  • Albert Brouett (Un prisonnier)
  • George Forster (Maison-Neuve)
  • Georges Fronval (Le soldat allemand qui tue le capitaine de Boeldieu)
  • Karl Heil (Un officier de la forteresse)
  • Carl Koch (Lordonnance de von Rauffenstein)
  • Little Peters (La petite fille dElsa)
  • Claude Sainval (Le capitaine Ringis)
  • Michel Salina ()
  • Claude Vernier (Lofficer prussien)