La grande illusion  [videorecording] / 
une coprodctuion d'Art Cinematographique ; scenario et dialogues, Charles Spaak et Jean Renoir ; realisation de Jean Renoir. 
 - [France] :  Studio Canal,  [2004] 
 - 1 videodisc (108 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Studio Canal classique. .
<br/><br/> "Newly restored, digitally remastered"--Container.  Videodisc version of feature film originally issued in France as a motion picture in 1937. 
<br/><br/>Cinematography, Christian Matras ; editor, Marguerite Renoir, Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; production manager, Raymond Blondy.  Cinematography, Christian Matras ; editor, Marguerite Renoir, Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; production manager, Raymond Blondy. 
<br/><br/>Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Carette, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio, Eric von Stroheim. 
<br/><br/> Shot down over the German lines, French Captain de Boieldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and his mechanic Lieutenant Marâechal (Jean Gabin) are confined to a crowded prison camp, until they are transferred to another detention center in a castle commanded by the crippled Captain von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). Rauffenstein is the flyer who shot them down and is a man obsessed with attending to his noble lineage and the rights and obligations it represents; fatalistic and melancholy, he strikes up a strange friendship with his aristocratic prisoner, that brings the totality of war, national differences, and class differences into bold relief. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; PAL 2; Format 4:3, 1:33; mono. 
<br/><br/><br/>french dialogue 
<br/><br/> Venice Film Festival, Best artistic ensemble (1937) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Feature films.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01151