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     Pierre Fresnay

     Capt. de Boieldieu
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     Erich von Stroheim

     Capt. von Rauffenstein
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     Jean Gabin

     Lt. Maréchal
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     Marcel Dalio

     Lt. Rosenthal
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     Dita Parlo

     Elsa (farm woman)
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     Julien Carette

     Cartier
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     Gaston Modot

     The engineer
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     Georges Péclet

     The metal worker
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     Jean Dasté

     The teacher
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     Sylvain Itkine

     Lt. Demolder
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     Jacques Becker

     English officer (uncredited)
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     Werner Florian

     Sgt. Arthur

1. www.imdb.com › title › tt0028950The Grand Illusion (1937) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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   The Grand Illusion (1937) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0028950The Grand Illusion (1937) - IMDb

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   The Grand Illusion: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim. During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

   • 8.1/10 (39K)
   • Genre: Drama, War

   • Director: Jean Renoir
   • Release Date: 1938-09-12

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › La_Grande_IllusionLa Grande Illusion - Wikipedia

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   La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.

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   The commandant is played by Erich von Stroheim, in one of the most famous of movie performances. Even many who have not seen the movie can identify stills of the wounded ace pilot von Rauffenstein, his body held rigid by a neck and back brace, his eye squinting through a monocle.

5. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 777-la-grande-illusionGrand Illusion (1937) - Cast & Crew - The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   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.

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   Feb 16, 2005 · Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. French POWs fight to escape their German captors during World War I. Cast & Crew. Read More. Jean Renoir. Director. Jean Gabin. Pierre Fresnay. Erich Von Stroheim. Gaston Modot. Julien Carette. Photos & Videos. View All.

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   Is Grand Illusion a good movie?

   • One of the very first prison escape movies, Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von Rauffenstein.

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   Was the Grand Illusion released in Canada in French?

   • By what name was The Grand Illusion (1937) officially released in Canada in French? The Grand Illusion: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim. During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp.

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   Why was 'Grand Illusion' filmed?

   • The movie, filmed as the clouds of World War II were gathering, uses these characters to illustrate how the themes of the first war would tragically worsen in the second. So pointed was Renoir's message that when the Germans occupied France, “Grand Illusion” was one of the first things they seized.

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   Is La Grande Illusion a war movie?

   • La Grande Illusion is a war film without any depiction of battle. Instead, the prisoner of war camp setting is used as a space in which soldiers of many nations have a common experience. Renoir portrays war as a futile exercise.

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8. www.criterion.com › films › 351Grand Illusion (1937) | The Criterion Collection

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   One of the very first prison escape movies, Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von Rauffenstein.