

"A Great Drama of Human Emotions"
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.
Lieutenant Maréchal

Elsa

Captain de Boëldieu

Captain von Rauffenstein

Cartier, the Vaudeville Performer

Officer

Sergeant Arthur
Teacher

Lieutenant Demolder

Engineer

Lieutenant Rosenthal

British Officer (uncredited)

Senegalese (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)
Prisoner (uncredited)
Maison-Neuve (uncredited)

German Soldier Who Kills Captain de Boëldieu (uncredited)

Officer of the Fortress (uncredited)
Von Rauffenstein's Orderly (uncredited)
Elsa's Daughter (uncredited)
Captain Ringis (uncredited)

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Prussian Officer (uncredited)
