TY  - ADVS
AU  - Renoir,Jean
AU  - Spaak,Charles
AU  - Gabin,Jean
AU  - Parlo,Dita
AU  - Fresnay,Pierre
AU  - Von Stroheim,Erich
ED  - Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique (Firm)
ED  - Criterion Collection (Firm)
ED  - Canal + Image International.
TI  - Grand illusion: La grande illusion 
T2  - Criterion collection
SN  - 0780020707
AV  - PN1997PN1995.9.W3 .G72 1999
PY  - 1999///, 1937
CY  - [Irvington, NY]
PB  - Criterion Collection
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - France
KW  - Drama
KW  - Germany
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Prisoners and prisons
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Motion pictures, French
KW  - War films
N1  - "Janus Films. [Presented by] Ministere de la Culture, Les Archives du Film du Centre national de la cinématographie."; Based on the novel by Charles Spaak; DVD release of the 1937 motion picture; Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative; 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); 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; Director of photography, Christian Matras ; film editors, Marguerite [Houllé-Renoir], Marthe Huguet ; producers, Raymond Blondy, Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch ; music, Joseph Kosma ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg; Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio
N2  - 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
ER  -