SYNOPSIS: One of the very first prison escape movies, Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir’s antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von Rauffenstein.
| Lieutenant Maréchal | Jean Gabin |
| Elsa | Dita Parlo |
| Captain de Boeldieu | Pierre Fresnay |
| Captain von Rauffenstein | Erich von Stroheim |
| Cartier, the actor | Julien Carette |
| The schoolmaster | Jean Dasté |
| Demolder | Sylvain Itkine |
| Charpentier | Georges Peclet |
| The engineer | Gaston Modot |
| Rosenthal | Marcel Dalio |
| Director | Jean Renoir |
| Screenplay | Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Producer | Frank Rollmer and Albert Pinkovitch |
| Editing | Marguerite Houllé |
| Music | Joseph Kosma |
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SRP: $19.95
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