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title: "Grand Illusion: cast and crew"
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cast: 23
crew: 28
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# Grand Illusion (1937): cast and crew

23 cast and 28 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jean Gabin](https://film.one/person/jean-gabin.md) as Lieutenant Maréchal
- [Dita Parlo](https://film.one/person/dita-parlo.md) as Elsa
- [Pierre Fresnay](https://film.one/person/pierre-fresnay.md) as Captain de Boëldieu
- [Erich von Stroheim](https://film.one/person/erich-von-stroheim.md) as Captain von Rauffenstein
- [Julien Carette](https://film.one/person/julien-carette.md) as Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer
- [Georges Péclet](https://film.one/person/georges-peclet.md) as Officer
- [Werner Florian](https://film.one/person/werner-florian.md) as Sergeant Arthur
- [Jean Dasté](https://film.one/person/jean-daste.md) as Teacher
- [Sylvain Itkine](https://film.one/person/sylvain-itkine.md) as Lieutenant Demolder
- [Gaston Modot](https://film.one/person/gaston-modot.md) as Engineer
- [Marcel Dalio](https://film.one/person/marcel-dalio.md) as Lieutenant Rosenthal
- [Jacques Becker](https://film.one/person/jacques-becker.md) as British Officer (uncredited)
- Habib Benglia as Senegalese (uncredited)
- Pierre Blondy as Soldier (uncredited)
- Albert Brouett as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Géo Forster as Maison-Neuve (uncredited)
- Georges Fronval as German Soldier Who Kills Captain de Boëldieu (uncredited)
- Karl Heil as Officer of the Fortress (uncredited)
- Carl Koch as Von Rauffenstein's Orderly (uncredited)
- Little Peters as Elsa's Daughter (uncredited)
- Claude Sainval as Captain Ringis (uncredited)
- Michel Salina as (uncredited)
- Claude Vernier as Prussian Officer (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Jean Renoir](https://film.one/person/jean-renoir.md): Director
- [Jacques Becker](https://film.one/person/jacques-becker.md): First Assistant Director
- Robert Rips: Second Assistant Director
- Françoise Giroud: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Charles Spaak](https://film.one/person/charles-spaak.md): Writer
- [Jean Renoir](https://film.one/person/jean-renoir.md): Writer

## Production

- [Albert Pinkovitch](https://film.one/person/albert-pinkovitch.md): Producer
- [Frank Rollmer](https://film.one/person/frank-rollmer.md): Producer
- Raymond Blondy: Production Manager
- Maurice Barnathan: Location Manager
- Pierre Blondy: General Manager

## Camera

- [Christian Matras](https://film.one/person/christian-matras.md): Director of Photography
- Jean Bourgoin: First Assistant Camera
- Ernest Bourreaud: Camera Operator
- [Claude Renoir](https://film.one/person/claude-renoir.md): Camera Operator
- Sam Levin: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Marthe Huguet](https://film.one/person/marthe-huguet.md): Editor
- [Marguerite Renoir](https://film.one/person/marguerite-renoir.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Joseph de Bretagne: Sound Designer
- [Joseph Kosma](https://film.one/person/joseph-kosma.md): Original Music Composer
- Emile Vuillermoz: Conductor

## Art

- [Eugène Lourié](https://film.one/person/eugene-lourie.md): Set Decoration, Production Design
- Alexandre Laurié: Props
- Raymond Pillon: Props

## Costume and make-up

- [René Decrais](https://film.one/person/rene-decrais.md): Costume Design
- Raffels: Makeup Artist
- Suzy Berton: Wardrobe Supervisor

## Crew

- Carl Koch: Technical Supervisor

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