A group of French soldiers, including the aristocratic Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, struggle with their own class distinctions after being caught and confined in a German prison camp during World War I. When the soldiers are relocated to a high-security fortress, they must devise an escape plot under the careful eye of von Rauffenstein, an aristocratic German officer who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
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A group of French soldiers, including the aristocratic Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, struggle with their own class distinctions after being caught and confined in a German prison camp during World War I. When the soldiers are relocated to a high-security fortress, they must devise an escape plot under the careful eye of von Rauffenstein, an aristocratic German officer who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
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