La grande illusion : Grand illusion / 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... [and others].
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0780020707
- ISBN: 9780780020702
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Special ed.
- Publisher: Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Janus Films. [Presented by] Ministere de la Culture, Les Archives du Film du Centre national de la cinématographie" - opening credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. "Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative." - [source] 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. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Christian Matras ; film editors, Marguerite [Houllé-Renoir], Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD, full screen; Dolby digital mono. |
Language Note: | In French with optional English subtitles. |
Awards Note: | Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards. |
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Subject: | Soldiers > France > Drama. Soldiers > Germany > Drama. World War, 1914-1918 > Prisoners and prisons > Drama. World War, 1914-1918 > Drama. |
Genre: | Feature films. Prison films. War films. |
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Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle | DVD DRAMA GRAN (Text) | DVD | 39231031343912 | Audiovisual Collection | Checked out | 04/03/2024 |
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Classic film of adventure in which duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner of war camp during World War I.