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.
Countries
France
Director
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
