Description |
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
monochrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Series |
Janus films collection
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Janus films collection.
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System Details |
DVD ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
Cast |
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio. |
Credits |
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. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Charles Spaak. |
Awards |
Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards. |
Note |
Videodisc release of the 1937 motion picture. |
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Released as part of the "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films." |
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"...features a pristine digital transfer of the film in its original language, as well as English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing"--Criterion website. |
Summary |
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. |
Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Soldiers -- France -- Drama.
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Soldiers. |
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France. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Soldiers -- Germany -- Drama.
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Germany. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Subject |
Motion pictures, French.
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Motion pictures, French. |
Genre/Form |
War films.
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War films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979.
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Spaak, Charles, 1903-1975.
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Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976.
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Parlo, Dita.
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Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975.
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Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957.
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Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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CANAL+ Image International (Firm)
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Added Title |
Grand illusion |
Note |
Title from accompanying book : Essential art house |
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Title from container : 50 years of Janus Films |
Added Title |
Fifty years of Janus Films |
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50 years of Janus Films.
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ISBN |
$12.92 |
Music No. |
GRA070 Criterion Collection |
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