Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion (1937)

1937-06-04 · 114 min · Rating 7.86/10 (767 votes)

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.

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aristocrat brotherhood camp countryside escape escape plan escaped prisoner france fraternity germany humanism prison camp prisoner prisoner of war trying to escape war injury world war i

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