Grand Illusion
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
114 mins
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.
Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur
Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
Pierre Blondy
Un soldat
Albert Brouett
Un prisonnier
Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Karl Heil
Un officier de la forteresse
Carl Koch
Un gendarme de campagne
Little Peters
Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
Claude Sainval
Le capitaine Ringis
René Decrais
Costume Design
Raffels
Makeup Artist
Frank Rollmer
Producer
Albert Pinkovitch
Producer
Marthe Huguet
Editor
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer
Raymond Blondy
Production Manager
Jean Bourgoin
First Assistant Camera
Carl Koch
Technical Supervisor
Maurice Barnathan
Location Manager
Robert Rips
Second Assistant Director
Alexandre Laurié
Prop Maker
Ernest Bourreaud
Camera Operator
Emile Vuillermoz
Conductor
Suzy Berton
Wardrobe Supervisor
Raymond Pillon
Prop Maker
Pierre Blondy
Manager of Operations