Title on menu screen and disc label: Jean Renoir's Grand illusion.
Public performance video.
Presented by Ministere de la Culture, Les Archives du Film du Centre national de la cinématographie, Realisations D'art Cinematographique. Copyright held by Canal+ Image International. Produced by Realisations D'art Cinematographique and Paris-Studios-Cinéma.
"The Classic Collection, a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container.
Based on the novel by Charles Spaak.
DVD version of a 1937 motion picture. New and improved English subtitle translation.
Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative.
Includes a rare theatrical trailer (ca. 5 min.) in which Jean Renoir discusses this film and his personal war experiences.
Director, Jean Renoir ; screenplay, Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; photography, Christian Matras, Sam Levin ; film editor, Marguerite Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma.
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio.
Videorecording.
DVD format.
In French with English subtitles.
Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards
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