Title from web. Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo. Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. Release date: Jul. 31, 2012. Special features: "La grande illusion: success & controversy" by Olivier Curchod, cinema expert and Jean Renoir specialist; "The original negative" by Natacha Laurent; "La grande illusion" by Ginette Vincedeau, cinema professor; restoring La grande illusion; John Truby film presentation; trailers from 1937 and 1958.
Summary:
During World War I, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German POW camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from.
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