Grand Illusion(1937)
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
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.
Movie: Grand Illusion
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Le lieutenant Maréchal
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Elsa
Cartier, l'acteur
L'ingénieur
Le serrurier
L'instituteur
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