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Grand Illusion

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Calorie Rating: 160
Released: 1937-06-04
MPAA Rating: NR
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
Jacques Becker
First Assistant Director
Robert Rips
Second 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

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
Géo Forster
Character: Maison-Neuve


Production and Crew

Christian Matras
Director of Photography

Eugène Lourié
Set Decoration
René Decrais
Costume Design
Raffels
Makeup Artist

Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer
Jean Renoir
Screenplay

Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer

Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Raymond Blondy
Production Manager

Raymond Pillon
Prop Maker
Jean Bourgoin
First Assistant Camera
Ernest Bourreaud
Camera Operator

Claude Renoir
Camera Operator
Suzy Berton
Wardrobe Supervisor
Maurice Barnathan
Location Manager

Pierre Blondy
Manager of Operations

Carl Koch
Technical Supervisor