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La grande illusion [videorecording] / une coprodctuion d'Art Cinematographique ; scenario et dialogues, Charles Spaak et Jean Renoir ; realisation de Jean Renoir.

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FilmSeries: Studio Canal classiquePublication details: [France] : Studio Canal, [2004]Description: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):

Feature films

LOC classification:

CM DVD 01151

Production credits:

Cinematography, Christian Matras ; editor, Marguerite Renoir, Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; production manager, Raymond Blondy.

Awards:

Venice Film Festival, Best artistic ensemble (1937)

Cast: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Carette, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio, Eric von Stroheim.Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso)	CM DVD 01151 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000041125

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.

"Newly restored, digitally remastered"--Container.

Videodisc version of feature film originally issued in France as a motion picture in 1937.

Cinematography, Christian Matras ; editor, Marguerite Renoir, Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; production manager, Raymond Blondy.

Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Carette, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio, Eric von Stroheim.