La grand illusion [videorecording] / Realisations d'art cinâematographique prâesentent ; CANAL+ Image International ; râealisation de Jean Renoir.
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FilmSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 1.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c1999.Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780020707
- 9780780020702
- Title on container: Jean Renoir's Grand illusion
- CM DVD 00742
- Director, Jean Renoir ; producers, Raymond Blondy, Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch ; screenplay, Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir ; photography, Christian Matras ; music, Joseph Kosma.
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Biblioteca Juan Bosch | Biblioteca Juan Bosch | Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) | CM DVD 00742 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00000039170 |
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
In French with English subtitles.
Title from title screen.
Videodisc release of a 1938 motion picture, copyright renewed in 1958 by Compaignie Jean Renoir.
Director, Jean Renoir ; producers, Raymond Blondy, Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch ; screenplay, Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir ; photography, Christian Matras ; music, Joseph Kosma.
Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo.
Special features: Theatrical trailer in which Jean Renoir discusses both Grand Illusion and his personal war experiences -- Audio essay from film historian Peter Cowie -- Archival radio presentation: Renoir and von Stroheim accept Grand Illusion's Best Foreign Film honors at the 1938 New York Film Critics Award -- Press book excerpts: Renoir's letter "to the projectionist," cast bios, an essay on Renoir by von Stroheim, and essays about the film's title and recently recovered camera negative -- Restoration demonstration
A classic tale of adventure. Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I, when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant yet must cooperate with his comrades in a daring escape.
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