La grande illusion [Grand illusion]
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Status
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | Checked Out | April 20, 2024 |
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Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c1999.
Format
DVD
Language
fre
Notes
General Note
Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative.
General Note
"Janus Films. [Presented by] Ministere de la Culture, Les Archives du Film du Centre national de la cine?matographie."
General Note
Based on the novel by Charles Spaak.
General Note
DVD release of the 1937 motion picture.
General Note
Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative.
General Note
Special features include: Rare theatrical trailer in which Jean Renoir discusses this film and his personal war experiences; audio essay by film historian Peter Cowie; Renoir and Erich von Stroheim accept honors (archival radio presentation).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Christian Matras ; film editors, Marguerite [Houlle?-Renoir], Marthe Huguet ; producers, Raymond Blondy, Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch ; music, Joseph Kosma ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg.
Participants/Performers
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio.
Description
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French comrades, who are commoners, in a daring escape.
System Details
DVD. Dolby digital mono.
Language
In French with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards.
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