La grande illusion /

Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp. An aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French commoner comrades in a daring escape attempt.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Grande illusion (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979 (Director, Screenwriter), Spaak, Charles, 1903-1975 (Screenwriter), Blondy, Raymond (Producer), Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976 (Actor), Parlo, Dita (Actor), Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975 (Actor), Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957 (Actor), Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983 (Actor), Kosma, Joseph, 1905-1969 (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[France] : Studio Canal, [2004]
Subjects:	Soldiers > France > Drama. Soldiers > Germany > Drama. World War, 1914-1918 > Prisoners and prisons > Drama. Prisoner-of-war camps > Germany > Drama. War films. Fiction films. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

Description
Summary:	Duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp. An aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French commoner comrades in a daring escape attempt.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. Full screen (1.33:1)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (114 min.)) : sound, black and white
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Christian Matras ; film editors, Marguerite [Houllé-Renoir], Marthe Huguet ; music, Joseph Kosma ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg.