
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.

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

Marathon Man
Marathon Man

Hart's War
Hart's War

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Führer Ex
Führer Ex

Hothead
Hothead

Underdogs
Underdogs

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front

When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows

Master of His Own Body
Master of His Own Body

Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from Alcatraz

Los Montes
Los Montes

Against All Odds
Against All Odds