Customize Results:
Male Female

Weight in lbs.


Height
ft   in

Age



Grand Illusion

[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]
Calorie Rating: 160
Released: 1937-01-01
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Revenue 172885
Studios: Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique,


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 / Directors

Jean Renoir
Director
Robert Rips
Second Assistant Director
Jacques Becker
First Assistant Director



Cast

Jean Gabin
Character: Le lieutenant Maréchal
Pierre Fresnay
Character: Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
Character: Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Marcel Dalio
Character: Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Dita Parlo
Character: Elsa
Julien Carette
Character: Cartier, l'acteur

Gaston Modot
Character: L'ingénieur
Georges Péclet
Character: Le serrurier
Werner Florian
Character: Le sergent Arthur

Jean Dasté
Character: L'instituteur
Sylvain Itkine
Character: Le lieutenant Demolder
Jacques Becker
Character: L'officier anglais

Habib Benglia
Character: Le sénégalais
Pierre Blondy
Character: Un soldat
Albert Brouett
Character: Un prisonnier

Roger Forster
Character: Maison-Neuve
Georges Fronval
Character: Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Karl Heil
Character: Un officier de la forteresse

Carl Koch
Character: Un gendarme de campagne
Little Peters
Character: Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
Claude Sainval
Character: Le capitaine Ringis

Claude Vernier
Character: L'officer prussien


Production and Crew

Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Raffels
Makeup Artist
René Decrais
Costume Design

Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer
Eugène Lourié
Set Decoration

Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer
Jean Renoir
Screenplay


Suzy Berton
Wardrobe Supervisor

Maurice Barnathan
Location Manager
Pierre Blondy
Manager of Operations
Raymond Blondy
Production Manager

Carl Koch
Technical Supervisor
Claude Renoir
Camera Operator

Ernest Bourreaud
Camera Operator
Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Jean Bourgoin
First Assistant Camera

Raymond Pillon
Prop Maker