Directed by Jean Renoir
Starring Jean Gabin · Dita Parlo · Pierre Fresnay · Erich von Stroheim
Original language: French
Where to Watch
Stream on Darkroom
US availability from JustWatch. Prices and availability change often.
About
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.
Tags
Mood
Story
Setting
Style
Find Similar
Cast
- Jean GabinLieutenant Maréchal
- Dita ParloElsa
- Pierre FresnayCaptain de Boëldieu
- Erich von StroheimCaptain von Rauffenstein
- Julien CaretteCartier, the Vaudeville Performer
- Georges PécletOfficer
- Werner FlorianSergeant Arthur
- Jean DastéTeacher
Details
- Directed by
- Jean Renoir
- Written by
- Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir
- Released
- 1937-06-18
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
