The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.
| Directing | Jean Renoir | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Perret | Novel |
| Writing | Guy Lefranc | Writer |
| Editing | Renée Lichtig | Editor |
| Camera | Georges Leclerc | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jean Renoir | Writer |
| Sound | Joseph Kosma | Original Music Composer |