A Great Drama of Human Emotions
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.
- 7.9
- 1937
- Released
- 1h 54m
Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal
Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Dita Parlo
Elsa
Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur
Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur
Georges Péclet
Le serrurier
Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur
Jean Dasté
L'instituteurSylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
Habib Benglia
Le sénégalaisAlbert Brouett
Un prisonnierGeorges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de BoëldieuKarl Heil
Un officier de la forteresseLittle Peters
Lotte, la petite fille d'ElsaClaude Sainval
Le capitaine RingisMichel Salina
Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve
Released
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$172,885.00
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Reviews
Very much more of a character-driven look at the experiences of French prisoners during the first world war. The inmates represent - much as did their army - soldiers from all aspects of life. The aristocratic Pierre Fresnay as "Boeldieu", Jean Gabin "Maréchal" and Marcel Dalio "Rosenthal" as the more down to earth captives - but all proud Frenchmen with their own determination to escape their imp