La Grande Illusion (1937)
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, l'avion du lieutenant Maréchal et du capitaine de Boëldieu est abattu par le commandant von Rauffenstein. Les deux officiers français sont envoyés dans un camp en Allemagne. Ils y retrouvent d'autres prisonniers français, de tous grades et issus de différents milieux sociaux. Les prisonniers organisent différentes activités, partagent leurs maigres ressources et vivent au rythme des nouvelles de l'armée française. La chambrée, outre Maréchal et Boëldieu, regroupe également le lieutenant Demolder, un amoureux des lettres, le lieutenant Rosenthal, fils d'une riche famille juive dans les finances, un ingénieur du cadastre et Cartier, un sergent populaire et volubile. Ils décident de s'échapper du Lager en creusant un tunnel dans des conditions périlleuses. La veille de leur évasion, le sort veut qu'ils soient transférés dans un autre camp.
Directeur: Jean Renoir
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Jean Gabin as Lieutenant Maréchal |
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Dita Parlo as Elsa |
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Pierre Fresnay as Captain de Boëldieu |
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Erich von Stroheim as Captain von Rauffenstein |
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Julien Carette as Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer |
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Georges Péclet as Officer |
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Werner Florian as Sergeant Arthur |
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Jean Dasté as Teacher |
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Sylvain Itkine as Lieutenant Demolder |
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Gaston Modot as Engineer |
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Marcel Dalio as Lieutenant Rosenthal |
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Jacques Becker as British Officer (uncredited) |
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Habib Benglia as Senegalese (uncredited) |
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Pierre Blondy as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Albert Brouett as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Géo Forster as Maison-Neuve (uncredited) |
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Georges Fronval as German Soldier Who Kills Captain de Boëldieu (uncredited) |
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Karl Heil as Officer of the Fortress (uncredited) |
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Carl Koch as Von Rauffenstein's Orderly (uncredited) |
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Little Peters as Elsa's Daughter (uncredited) |
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Claude Sainval as Captain Ringis (uncredited) |
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Michel Salina as (uncredited) |
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Claude Vernier as Prussian Officer (uncredited) |
| Sound | Joseph Kosma | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | René Decrais | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raffels | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jean Renoir | Director |
| Production | Frank Rollmer | Producer |
| Camera | Christian Matras | Director of Photography |
| Production | Albert Pinkovitch | Producer |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Marthe Huguet | Editor |
| Sound | Joseph de Bretagne | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Marguerite Renoir | Editor |
| Production | Raymond Blondy | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean Bourgoin | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Carl Koch | Technical Supervisor |
| Production | Maurice Barnathan | Location Manager |
| Directing | Robert Rips | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ernest Bourreaud | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Emile Vuillermoz | Conductor |
| Directing | Jacques Becker | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzy Berton | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Production Design |
| Writing | Charles Spaak | Writer |
| Writing | Jean Renoir | Writer |
| Camera | Sam Levin | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Françoise Giroud | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Alexandre Laurié | Props |
| Art | Raymond Pillon | Props |
| Production | Pierre Blondy | General Manager |
