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©1999
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
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"Janus Films. [Presented by] Ministere de la Culture, Les Archives du Film du Centre national de la cinématographie."
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the German commandant, a fellow aristocrat, while simultaneously cooperating with his French comrades, who are commoners, in a daring escape
Based on the novel by Charles Spaak
DVD release of the 1937 motion picture
Newly restored digital transfer, created from the long-lost camera negative
Dolby digital mono
Special features include: Rare theatrical trailer in which Jean Renoir discusses this film and his personal war experiences; audio essay by film historian Peter Cowie; Renoir and Erich von Stroheim accept honors (archival radio presentation)
Director of photography, Christian Matras ; film editors, Marguerite [Houllé-Renoir], Marthe Huguet ; producers, Raymond Blondy, Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch ; music, Joseph Kosma ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio
Not Rated
DVD
In French with optional English subtitles
Best Foreign Film, 1938, New York Film Critics Awards