The Criterion Collection
Grand Illusion
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Directed by: Jean Renoir
Featuring: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette, Sylvain Itkine, Georges Peclet, Gaston Modot, Marcel Dalio, Jean Dasté
Year: 1937
Time: 114 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 1
Release Date: November 23 1999
MSRP:
$39.95
DVD
1 Disc | DVD-9
1.33:1 ratio
French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English
Regions 1/2/3/4/5/6
Introduction by Jean Renoir
Audio essay by film historian Peter Cowie
Archival radio presentation: Jean Renoir and Erich von Stroheim accept Grand Illusion’s Best Foreign Film honors at the 1938 New York Film Critics Awards
Press book excerpts: Erich von Stroheim's letter “to the projectionist,” cast bios, an essay on Renoir by von Stroheim, and essays about the film’s title and recently recovered camera negative
Restoration demonstration
Insert featuring an essay by Peter Cowie
