Directed by:
Jean RenoirCinematography:
Christian MatrasComposer:
Joseph KosmaCast:
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Gaston Modot, Marcel Dalio, Jacques Becker, Jean Dasté, Julien Carette, Claude Vernier (more)Plots(1)
Two French soldiers - blue-collar Maréchal (Jean Gabin) and genteel de Boieldieu (Pierre Fresnay) - strive to overcome their differences while plotting their escape from a German prison camp during World War I. Meanwhile, de Boieldieu finds a kindred spirit among his captors in a patrician German officer (Erich von Stroheim). (YouTube)
(more)Cast
![Jean Gabin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087435_2b7aa2.jpg)
Jean Gabin
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Holy Year (1976)
![Dita Parlo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440692_f3da1c.jpg)
Dita Parlo
German Empire
Best movies:
Homecoming (1928)
Grand Illusion (1937)
L'Atalante (1934)
![Pierre Fresnay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505222_72d592.jpg)
Pierre Fresnay
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Grand Illusion (1937)
![Erich von Stroheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269456_f40fbc.jpg)
Erich von Stroheim
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Greed (1924)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Gaston Modot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505247_94ee1b.jpg)
Gaston Modot
France
Best movies:
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Grand Illusion (1937)
![Marcel Dalio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412665_26979f.jpg)
Marcel Dalio
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
![Jacques Becker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270533_f594af.jpg)
Jacques Becker
France
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
![Jean Dasté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/806/163806908_92c517.png)
Jean Dasté
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Z (1969)
Grand Illusion (1937)
![Julien Carette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437175_ab2b96.jpg)
Julien Carette
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
![Claude Vernier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483287_bc096c.jpg)
Claude Vernier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
The President (1961)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Prosper Désiré Péclet
France
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
Behold the Man (1935)
Les Monts en flammes (1931)
Michel Salina
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
The Battle of the Rails (1946)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Habib Benglia
Algeria
Best movies:
Children of Paradise (1945)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1961)
Sylvain Itkine
France
Best movies:
The Story of the Fox (1930)
Grand Illusion (1937)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
Albert Brouett
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Claude Sainval
France
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963)
Carl Koch
German Empire
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)