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Grand illusion [videorecording] = La grande illusion / une production des Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique ; réalisation de Jean Renoir ; scénario et dialogues, Charles Spaak et Jean Renoir ; Canal+ Image International.
Publisher number: GRA070 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Summary language: English Original language: French Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 1. | Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c1999, 1937.Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 0780020707
- 9780780020702
- Title on container and disc label: Jean Renoir's Grand illusion
- Grand illusion
- La grande illusion.
- PN1997 .G72 1999 PN1995.9.W3
Contents:
Production credits: 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.
- Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | AUDIO & DVD Collection | DVD Grand (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 601407 |
"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.
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.
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
In French with optional English subtitles.
Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards.
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