De grote illusie (1937)
Wereldoorlog I. Tijdens een verkenningsvlucht worden de Franse officieren Boëldieu en Maréchal neergehaald. Ze worden opgesloten in een krijgsgevangenenkamp dat geleid wordt door de aristocratische kolonel Von Rauffenstein. Ze maken er kennis met Engelse en Russische medegevangenen en de rijke jood Rosenthal. De mannen koesteren geen haat, maar worden gedreven door hun hoop om te ontsnappen. Von Rauffenstein voelt zich aangetrokken tot de adelijke Boëldieu. Toch doet hij zijn plicht wanneer Boëldieu, Maréchal en Rosenthal trachten te ontsnappen. Boëldieu offert zich op voor de anderen. De twee vluchtelingen worden geholpen door een jonge Duitse weduwe. Ze geraken over de grens en Maréchal belooft dat hij de jonge vrouw na de oorlog zal komen halen.
Regiseur: 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) |
| Directing | Jean Renoir | Director |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Set Decoration |
| Production | Frank Rollmer | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | René Decrais | Costume Design |
| Sound | Joseph de Bretagne | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Christian Matras | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raffels | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Joseph Kosma | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Marthe Huguet | Editor |
| Production | Albert Pinkovitch | Producer |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Camera Operator |
| Production | Raymond Blondy | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jacques Becker | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Rips | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Emile Vuillermoz | Conductor |
| Camera | Jean Bourgoin | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzy Berton | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Production Design |
| Editing | Marguerite Renoir | Editor |
| Camera | Ernest Bourreaud | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Carl Koch | Technical Supervisor |
| Production | Maurice Barnathan | Location Manager |
| 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 |
