
A group of French soldiers, from aristocratic Captain de Boeldieu to working‑class Lieutenant Maréchal, are captured in World I and imprisoned in a German camp. Transferred to a high‑security fortress, they devise an escape while being observed by German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unlikely friendship with de Boeldieu.
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Jean Dasté
L'instituteur

Pierre Fresnay
Le capitaine de Boëldieu

Julien Carette
Cartier, l'acteur

Marcel Dalio
Le lieutenant Rosenthal

Jean Gabin
Le lieutenant Maréchal

Gaston Modot
L'ingénieur

Georges Péclet
Le serrurier

Habib Benglia
Le sénégalais

Erich von Stroheim
Le capitaine von Rauffenstein

Claude Vernier
L'officer prussien

Carl Koch
Un gendarme de campagne

Michel Salina

Sylvain Itkine
Le lieutenant Demolder

Dita Parlo
Elsa

Géo Forster
Maison-Neuve

Albert Brouett
Un prisonnier

Pierre Blondy
Un soldat

Werner Florian
Le sergent Arthur

Georges Fronval
Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu

Karl Heil
Un officier de la forteresse

Little Peters
Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa

Claude Sainval
Le capitaine Ringis
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