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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Fiction films Anti-war films War films Prison films DVD-Video discs Drama |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material, Book, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean Renoir; Charles Spaak; Jean Gabin; Dita Parlo; Pierre Fresnay; Erich Von Stroheim; Marcel Dalio; Peter Cowie; Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique (Firm); CANAL+ Image International (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm); et al |
| ISBN: | 0780020707 9780780020702 |
| OCLC Number: | 48252016 |
| Language Note: | In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Notes: | "Janus Films. [Presented by] Ministere de la Culture, Les Archives du Film du Centre national de la cinématographie"--Opening credits. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. "Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative." Special features : theatrical trailer intro featuring Jean Renoir (5 min.); optional audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; film restoration featurette (5 min.); archival radio presentation featuring Renoir and Stroheim (5 min.). Program notes on container insert include an essay by film historian Peter Cowie. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Christian Matras ; film editors, Marguerite [HoulleÌ-Renoir], Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg. |
| Cast: | Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio. |
| Awards: | Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (63 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) |
| Details: | DVD; Dolby digital mono, standard format (1:33:1). |
| Contents: | Logos/opening credits -- Shot down in Germany -- First taste of prison camp -- The tunnel -- Dressing up -- The sound of marching -- Putting on a show -- Frustration at the eleventh hour -- Ending up at Wintersborn -- Touring the property -- Officers and aristocrats -- Preparing the escape -- The magic flute -- de Boeldieu a hero -- Refuge at the farm -- A Christmas romance -- The parting. |
| Series Title: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 1. |
| Other Titles: | Grande illusion (Motion picture) Grand illusion Jean Renoir's Grand illusion La grande illusion |
| Responsibility: | une production des Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique ; réalisation de Jean Renoir ; scénario et dialogues, Charles Spaak et Jean Renoir ; Canal+ Image International ; directeur de production, Raymond Blondy ... [et al.]. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 162318 |
Abstract:
Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp. An aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French commoner comrades in a daring escape attempt.
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