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)
Set during the First World War, it tells the dramatic tale of two French soldiers, captured and imprisoned in a German POW camp. Involved in an unsuccessful escape attempt, the soldiers are summarily sent to an impenetrable fortress known as Winterborn. Challenged to the core and subject to all manner of class struggles, the soldiers set in motion a bold new plan for escape. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Jean Gabin
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Holy Year (1976)
Dita Parlo
German Empire
Best movies:
Homecoming (1928)
Grand Illusion (1937)
L'Atalante (1934)
Pierre Fresnay
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Erich von Stroheim
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Greed (1924)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Gaston Modot
France
Best movies:
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Marcel Dalio
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Jacques Becker
France
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
Jean Dasté
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Z (1969)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Julien Carette
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
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)
Berge in Flammen (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)