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.
as Le lieutenant Maréchal
as Le capitaine de Boëldieu
as Le capitaine von Rauffenstein
as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
as Elsa
as Cartier, l'acteur
as L'ingénieur
as Le serrurier
as Le sergent Arthur
as L'instituteur
as Le lieutenant Demolder
as L'officier anglais
as Le sénégalais
as Un soldat
as Un prisonnier
as Le soldat allemand qui vise le capitaine de Boëldieu
as Un officier de la forteresse
as Un gendarme de campagne
as Lotte, la petite fille d'Elsa
as Le capitaine Ringis
as L'officer prussien
as Maison-Neuve
