Grand Illusion

 

Year: 1937

Time: 114 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 1

Release Date: Tuesday, 23 November 1999

MSRP: $39.95

 

DVD

1 Disc

1.33:1

French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

Region 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