| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
A French aristocrat, a mechanic and a wealthy banker are all thrown together as prisoners of the Germans in World War I. They are separated by a succesful escape but then recaptured and reunited in a German aristocrat's fortress. The aristocratic jailer and prisoner begin a friendship that highlights a dying cultural and social elite. Jean Renoir's film is a meditation on class, the nature of war and the death of the old European order |
| Notes |
Originally released as motion picture La grande illusion in 1937 |
| Credits |
Directed by Jean Renoir |
| Cast |
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay |
| Audience |
Censorship classification: G |
| Notes |
PAL ; Region 2, 4 |
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DVD. Region unspecified |
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In French and Castilian Spanish. English captions (descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired) |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979.
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Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976.
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Parlo, Dita.
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