Film record

La Grande Illusion

1937Feature film124 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
France
Languages
English · French · German · Russian
Genres
drama film

Credits

Art department

Eugène Lourié — Production design

Cinematography

Christian Matras — Cinematography

Direction

Jean Renoir — Directing

Editing

Marguerite Renoir — Editing
Renée Lichtig — Editing

Music

Joseph Kosma — Music composition

Cast

Jean Gabin — Acting (Le lieutenant Maréchal)
Dita Parlo — Acting (Elsa)
Erich von Stroheim — Acting (Le capitaine von Rauffenstein)
Pierre Fresnay — Acting (Le capitaine de Boëldieu)
Marcel Dalio — Acting (Le lieutenant Rosenthal)
Gaston Modot — Acting (L'ingénieur)
Julien Carette — Acting (Cartier, l'acteur)
Jacques Becker — Acting (L'officier anglais)
Jean Dasté — Acting (L'instituteur)
Claude Vernier — Acting (L'officer prussien)
Georges Péclet — Acting (Le serrurier)
Sylvain Itkine — Acting (Le lieutenant Demolder)
Habib Benglia — Acting (Le sénégalais)
Pierre Blondy — Acting (Un soldat)
Roger Forster — Acting (Maison-Neuve)
Carl Koch — Acting (Un gendarme de campagne)
Claude Sainval — Acting (Le capitaine Ringis)

Production

Albert Pinkovitch — Production
Frank Rollmer — Production

Writing

Jean Renoir — Screenwriting
Charles Spaak — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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Releases by territory

France · Original release
4 Jun 1937Checked 15 Sep 2026
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