| Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, region 1, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation, 1808p; 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Title from web. |
| Cast |
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. |
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Release date: Jul. 31, 2012. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: "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; restoring La grande illusion; John Truby film presentation; trailers from 1937 and 1958. |
| Language |
French or German dialogue; French, German or English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.
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Prisoner-of-war camps -- Germany -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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War films.
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| Added Author |
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979.
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Spaak, Charles, 1903-1975.
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Pinkovitch, Albert.
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Rollmer, Frank.
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Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976.
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Parlo, Dita.
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Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
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| Standard No. |
012236114093 |
| Music No. |
30155 Lionsgate |
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