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.
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Film Cast:

• Le lieutenant Maréchal: Jean Gabin
• Elsa: Dita Parlo
• Le captaine de Boeldieu: Pierre Fresnay
• Le captaine von Rauffenstein: Erich von Stroheim
• Le serrurier: Georges Péclet
• Le sergent Arthur: Werner Florian
• L’instituteur: Jean Dasté
• Le lieutenant Demolder: Sylvain Itkine
• Le lieutenant Rosenthal: Marcel Dalio
• Cartier, l’acteur: Julien Carette
• L’ingénieur: Gaston Modot
• L’officier anglais: Jacques Becker
• Le sénégalais: Habib Benglia
• Un soldat: Pierre Blondy
• Un prisonnier: Albert Brouett
• Maison-Neuve: George Forster
• Le soldat allemand qui tue le capitaine de Boeldieu: Georges Fronval
• Un officier de la forteresse: Karl Heil
• L’ordonnance de von Rauffenstein: Carl Koch
• La petite fille d’Elsa: Little Peters
• Le capitaine Ringis: Claude Sainval
• …: Michel Salina
• L’officer prussien: Claude Vernier

Film Crew:

• Camera Operator: Claude Renoir
• Director: Jean Renoir
• Technical Supervisor: Carl Koch
• Editor: Marthe Huguet
• Editor: Marguerite Renoir
• Producer: Albert Pinkovitch
• Producer: Frank Rollmer
• Original Music Composer: Joseph Kosma
• Director of Photography: Christian Matras
• Set Decoration: Eugène Lourié
• Costume Design: René Decrais
• Makeup Artist: Raffels
• Sound Designer: Joseph de Bretagne
• First Assistant Camera: Jean Bourgoin
• Dialogue: Charles Spaak
• First Assistant Director: Jacques Becker
• Manager of Operations: Pierre Blondy
• Script: Françoise Giroud
• Location Manager: Maurice Barnathan
• Production Manager: Raymond Blondy
• Second Assistant Director: Robert Rips
• Prop Maker: Alexandre Laurié
• Prop Maker: Raymond Pillon
• Camera Operator: Ernest Bourreaud
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Suzy Berton
• Conductor: Emile Vuillermoz

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