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| Pierre Fresnay | Capt. de Boieldieu |
| Erich von Stroheim | Capt. von Rauffenstein |
| Jean Gabin | Lt. Maréchal |
| Marcel Dalio | Lt. Rosenthal |
| Dita Parlo | Elsa (farm woman) |
| Julien Carette | Cartier |
| Gaston Modot | The engineer |
| Georges Peclet | The metal worker |
| Jean Dasté | The teacher |
| Sylvain Itkine | Lt. Demolder |
| Jacques Becker | English officer (uncredited) |
| Werner Florian | Sgt. Arthur |
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.
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