Movie · 1937
Grand Illusion
“A Great Drama of Human Emotions”
Released 4 June 1937 114 min Drama / History / War More from 1937 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Erich von Stroheim
as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Gaston Modot
as L'ingénieur
Habib Benglia
as Le sénégalais
Pierre Fresnay
as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Julien Carette
as Cartier, l'acteur
Georges Péclet
as Le serrurier
Marcel Dalio
as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Jean Gabin
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
Jean Dasté
as L'instituteur
Jacques Becker
as L'officier anglais
Dita Parlo
as Elsa
Sylvain Itkine
as Le lieutenant Demolder
Pierre Blondy
as Un soldat
Claude Vernier
as L'officer prussien
Werner Florian
as Le sergent Arthur
Albert Brouett
as Un prisonnier
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The numbers
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
51Erich von Stroheim — oldest on the call sheet
23Claude Vernier — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast