Grand illusion
Grand illusion [videorecording] /
Title on container and disc: Jean Renoir's Grand illusion [videorecording] Grande illusion [videorecording]
- Digtally remastered version.
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Home Vision Cinema, 1999.
- 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) .
- Criterion collection ; 1 .
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs); 1 .
Based on the novel by Charles Spaak. Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. 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; archival radio presentation: Renoir and Erich von Stroheim accept honors; Press book excerpts; restoration demonstration. Accompanied by: Program notes in English by Peter Cowie, and Chapters (1 fold. leaflet : ill.).
Credits: English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; director of photography, Christian Matras ; sets and design, Eug ene Louri e ; music, Joseph Kosma ; film editor, Marguerite Huguet ; production manager, Raymond Blondy. Credits: English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; director of photography, Christian Matras ; sets and design, Eug ene Louri e ; music, Joseph Kosma ; film editor, Marguerite Huguet ; production manager, Raymond Blondy.
Cast: Jean Gabin ; Pierre Fresnay ; Dita Parlo ; Marcel Dalio ; Erich von Stroheim.
In this classic tale of adventure two French officers are captured by German forces in 1916. Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when the aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a daring escape. The conflicts between enemies and between the classes emphasize the awareness that certain ways of life are gone forever. The message of the movie is the tragic observation that war itself is the grand illusion.
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
In French with optional English subtitles.
0780020707
037429121924
GRA070 Criterion Collection
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, German--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, French--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war.
Foreign films--France.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Based on the novel by Charles Spaak. Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. 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; archival radio presentation: Renoir and Erich von Stroheim accept honors; Press book excerpts; restoration demonstration. Accompanied by: Program notes in English by Peter Cowie, and Chapters (1 fold. leaflet : ill.).
Credits: English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; director of photography, Christian Matras ; sets and design, Eug ene Louri e ; music, Joseph Kosma ; film editor, Marguerite Huguet ; production manager, Raymond Blondy. Credits: English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; director of photography, Christian Matras ; sets and design, Eug ene Louri e ; music, Joseph Kosma ; film editor, Marguerite Huguet ; production manager, Raymond Blondy.
Cast: Jean Gabin ; Pierre Fresnay ; Dita Parlo ; Marcel Dalio ; Erich von Stroheim.
In this classic tale of adventure two French officers are captured by German forces in 1916. Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when the aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a daring escape. The conflicts between enemies and between the classes emphasize the awareness that certain ways of life are gone forever. The message of the movie is the tragic observation that war itself is the grand illusion.
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
In French with optional English subtitles.
0780020707
037429121924
GRA070 Criterion Collection
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, German--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, French--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war.
Foreign films--France.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
