Tells of two French officers captured by German forces in 1916. While prisoners, the two officers encounter an aristocractic German oficer. The conflicts between enemies and between the classes emphasize their awareness that certain ways of life are gone forever. The message of the movie is the tragic observation that war itself is a grand illusion.
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ISBN: 0780020707
Physical Description:1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.videodiscvideorecording (DVD)
Publisher:Chatsworth, CA : Criterion Collection, c1999
General Note: In French with optional English language subtitlesFor private home use onlyNewly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negativeSpecial features listed on videodisc jacket or on interactive features menuContainer title: Jean Renoir's Grand illusionVideodisc release of a motion picture originally released in 1937Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: Canal+ Image International, c1937
Creation/Production Credits Note: Photographed by Christian Matras
Participant or Performer Note: Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio