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.
Movie tag line: "A Great Drama of Human Emotions"
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Character: Le lieutenant Maréchal
Character: Le capitaine de Boëldieu
Character: Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
Character: Le lieutenant Rosenthal
Character: Elsa
Character: Cartier, l'acteur
Character: L'ingénieur
Character: Le serrurier
Character: Le sergent Arthur
Character: L'instituteur
Character: Le lieutenant Demolder
Character: L'officier anglais
Character: Le sénégalais
Character: Un soldat
Character: Un prisonnier
Character: Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
Character: Un officier de la forteresse
Character: Un gendarme de campagne
Character: Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
Character: Le capitaine Ringis
Character: Character Not Available
Character: L'officer prussien
Character: Maison-Neuve