La grande illusion / La Cinémathèque de Toulouse and Studiocanal present ; a restoration based on an original camera negative owned by Cinémathèque de Toulouse ; Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique présentent ; réalisation de Jean Renoir ; scénario et dialogues, Charles Spaak et Jean Renoir ; c'est une production des Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975, actor.

Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957, actor.

Lévin, Sam, cinematographer.

Kosma, Joseph, 1905-1969, composer (expression).

Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979, film director, screenwriter.

Spaak, Charles, 1903-1975, screenwriter.

Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976, actor.

Parlo, Dita, actor.

Cinémathèque de Toulouse, presenter.

Studio Canal, presenter.

Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique (Firm)

Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.), publisher.

Series:

StudioCanal collection

Standardized Title:

Grande illusion (Motion picture)

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Drama.

World War, 1914-1918.

Prisoner-of-war camps--Germany--Drama.

Prisoner-of-war camps.

Germany.

Genre:

Motion pictures, French.

War films.

Drama.

Motion pictures.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate : Studiocanal, ©2012.

Language Note:

French or German dialogue; French, German or English subtitles.

System Details:

Blu-ray, Region A ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation, 1080p high definition ; 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio ; requires Blu-ray player.

Summary:

During World War I, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German POW camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from.

Participant:

Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Eric von Stroheim.

Credits:

Photographie, Sam Levin ; musique de Joseph Kosma.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1937.

Release date: Jul. 31, 2012.

Special features include: "La grande illusion : success, controversy" by Olivier Curchod, cinema expert and Jean Renoir specialist ; "The original negative" by Natacha Laurent ; "La grande illusion" by Ginette Vincedeau, cinema professor ; John Truby film presentation ; trailers from 1937 and 1958 ; restoring La grande illusion.

OCLC:

796040091

Publisher Number:

012236114093

30155 Lionsgate