Released
Grand Illusion
June 4 1937 (over 87 years ago)Rating
79
Based on
686 reviews
A Great Drama of Human Emotions
- Director: Jean Renoir
- Writer: Jean Renoir
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Runtime: 1 h 54 m
- Box office: $172,885
- Country: France
- Company: Réalisation d'Art Cinématographique
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.
