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.
Cast
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'instituteur
Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder
Jacques Becker
L'officier anglais
Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais
Pierre Blondy
Un soldat
Albert Brouett
Un prisonnier
Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Karl Heil
Un officier de la forteresse
Carl Koch
Un gendarme de campagne
Little Peters
Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
Claude Sainval
Le capitaine Ringis
Michel Salina
Unknown
Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien
Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve
Crew
Jean Renoir
Director, Screenplay
Françoise Giroud
Script
Marthe Huguet
Editor
Marguerite Renoir
Editor
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Jacques Becker
First Assistant Director
Robert Rips
Second Assistant Director
Frank Rollmer
Producer
Albert Pinkovitch
Producer
Eugène Lourié
Production Design, Set Decoration
Ernest Bourreaud
Camera Operator
Claude Renoir
Camera Operator
Jean Bourgoin
First Assistant Camera
Suzy Berton
Wardrobe Supervisor
René Decrais
Costume Design
Raffels
Makeup Artist
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound Designer
Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer
Charles Spaak
Dialogue
Alexandre Laurié
Prop Maker
Raymond Pillon
Prop Maker
Carl Koch
Technical Supervisor
Maurice Barnathan
Location Manager
Pierre Blondy
Manager of Operations
Raymond Blondy
Production Manager
Emile Vuillermoz
Conductor
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