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At the height of World War I, the German ace aviator, Captain von Rauffenstein, shoots down the plane of the aristocratic French pilot, Captain de Boeldieu, and his co-pilot, the working-class civilian mechanic, Lieutenant Maréchal, during an air-reconnaissance mission. As the captured officers find themselves in the Hallbach POW camp for officers, they befriend the wealthy former Jewish banker, Lieutenant Rosenthal, and along with a handful of determined compatriots, they organise an escape. However, fate has other plans in store for them, and shortly before the implementation of the plan, they are transferred by train to the impregnable Wintersborn fortress-prison in Alsace, France, overseen by Rauffenstein himself. More and more, respect and appreciation bond von Rauffenstein and de Boeldieu. But, will this delicate relationship, and the grand illusion, stand in the way of breaking out?
During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape...
Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal
Dita Parlo
Elsa
Pierre Fresnay
Le captaine de Boeldieu
Erich von Stroheim
Le captaine von Rauffenstein
Julien Carette
Cartier - l'acteur
Georges Péclet
Le serrurier
Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté
L'instituteur
Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur
Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais
Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais
Pierre Blondy
Un soldat
Albert Brouett
Un prisonnier
George Forster
Maison-Neuve
Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui tue le capitaine de Boeldieu
Karl Heil
Un officier de la forteresse
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