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  • Title: Grand Illusion (Criterion #1) [Grande Illusion]
  • Summary: During the first world war, two French officers are captured. One is an aristocrat, while the other is a mechanic.
  • Director: Jean Renoir
  • Cast: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
  • Year: 1938
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  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big Parade, A Farewell to Arms, Gallipoli, Jean Renoir Le Patron, Passchendaele, Paths of Glory, Shoulder Arms, Wings
  • Language: French with English subtitles
  • Country: France
  • Comments: The DVD includes an audio commentary by Peter Cowie, a radio broadcast of Jean Renoir and Erich von Stroheim accepting the New York Film Critics Award, the theatrical trailer, a letter, an essay by von Stroheim, essays about the title and cast filmographies. Cahiers du Cinema Best Film #3 New York Times 1000 Films British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #4 Toronto International Film Festival 100: #32
  • Collection: War
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