Grand Illusion
As a result of being kept captive in a German prison camp during World War I, a group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, are forced to confront their own social inequalities. Under the watchful supervision of the aristocratic German commander von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu, the men are forced to plot a scheme to escape when they are relocated to a high-security fortress.
Released: 1937-06-04