The Grand Illusion

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.

1937 | 1 h 53 min