Grand Illusion Ending Explained: Plot and Final Scene Facts

Grand Illusion (1937) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. A Great Drama of Human Emotions

Where to watch

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Cast

Jean Gabin as Le lieutenant Maréchal; Pierre Fresnay as Le capitaine de Boëldieu; Erich von Stroheim as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein; Marcel Dalio as Le lieutenant Rosenthal; Dita Parlo as Elsa; Julien Carette as Cartier, l'acteur; Gaston Modot as L'ingénieur; Georges Péclet as Le serrurier

About 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.

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