La grande illusion (1937)

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Original title	La grande illusion
Swedish release title	Den stora illusionen
Script title	Les évasions du capitaine Maréchal

Director	Jean Renoir
Screenplay	Charles Spaak Jean Renoir
Producer	Frank Rollmer Albert Penkovitch
Production Manager	Raymond Blondy
Director of Photography	Christian Matras
Music	Joseph Kosma
Production Designer	Eugène Lourié
Film Editor	Marguerite Renoir (as Marguerite Houllé) Renée Lichtig (restaurerad version 1958)
Production Mixer	Joseph de Bretagne
Assistant Director	Jacques Becker
Technical Advisor	Carl Koch
Script Supervisor	Françoise Giroud (as Gourdji)
Dialogue	Charles Spaak Jean Renoir
Unit Manager	Pierre Blondy Maurice Barnathan
First Assistant Cameraman	Claude Renoir
Still Photographer	Sam Lévin
Assistant Cameraman	Jean Bourgoin Ernest Bourreaud
Orchestra Leader	Émile Vuillermoz
Propman	Jean Alexandre Alexandre Laurier Raymond Pillion
Costume Designer	René Decrais
Make-up Supervisor	Raphaël Raffels
Wardrobe	Suzy Berton
Assistant Film Editor	Marthe Huguet Fernande (restaurerad version 1958)
Other Crew	Robert Rips (ateljéchef)

Jean Gabin	löjtnant Maréchal
Dita Parlo	Elsa, tysk änka
Pierre Fresnay	kapten de Boeldieu
Erich von Stroheim	ryttmästare, senare major von Rauffenstein
Julien Carette	Traquet, skådespelare
Georges Péclet	Cartier, Maréchals och de Boeldieus medfånge i fästningen Winterborn
Werner Florian	Krantz, lägerofficer
Jean Dasté	läraren, fransk fånge
Sylvain Itkine	löjtnant Demolder
Gaston Modot	kartingenjören
Marcel Dalio	löjtnant Rosenthal
-	Ej krediterade:
Jacques Becker	en engelsk officer
Claude Sainval	Ringis
Albert Brouett	fånge
Michel Salina
Carl Koch
Karl Heil
Georges Fronval
Roger Forster	franske fången i damkläder

Production Company	Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Wivefilm	1937
	AB Terrafilm	1950
	Wivefilm Distribution AB	1959
Laboratory	Laboratoires de Tirages Cinématographiques (LTC)
Other Company	Luxtone - Société d'Éclairage de Prises de Vues Cinématographiques		(elektriker)

Censorship number	93718
Date	1959-03-24
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3050 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 740-550-605-610-545 = 3050 m.

Censorship number	56233
Date	1950-03-24
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2900 meters
Censored length	2880 meters
Notes	Aktlängder före censurklipp: 525-545-335-420-620-455 = 2900 m. Aktlängder efter censurklipp: 525-545-335-400-620-455 = 2880 m.

Censorship number	56233
Date	1937-09-13
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3140 meters
Censored length	3120 meters
Notes	Aktlängder före censurklipp: 525-545-335-420-620-455 = 2900 m. Aktlängder efter censurklipp: 525-545-335-400-620-455 = 2880 m.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3210 meter
Length in minutes	117 min

		France		1937-01-30	1937-04-02
Studios de Billancourt	Boulogne		(ateljé)
Studios Tobis	Épinay		(ateljé)
Studios Éclair	Épinay		(ateljé)
kaserner	Neuf-Brisach, Haut-Rhin		(exteriörer)
	Colmar, Haut-Rhin		(exteriörer)
	Château de Haut, Koenigsbourg, Alcase		(exteriörer)

First showing	1937-06-04	Marivaux	Paris	France	117 min
Release in Sweden	1937-10-04	Palladium	Stockholm	Sweden	114 min
Other showing	1958-10-03	Publicis	Paris	France	111 min	(restaurerad version)
TV showing	1964-10-16	TV		Sweden
	1974-12-04	TV1		Sweden
	1977-07-23	TV2		Sweden
	1981-06-28	TV1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1995-02-09
TV showing	2006-03-28	SVT2		Sweden
	2007-03-07	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2008-09-21
Cinematheque screening	2019-02-03	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2022-09-28		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Frou-Frou
Composer	Chatau
Singer	Jean Gabin

Original title	Die Wacht am Rhein
Composer	Karl Wilhelm
Lyrics	Max Schneckenburger
Singer	kör

Original title	It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Composer	Harry Williams	(1912)
	Jack Judge	(1912)
Lyrics	Harry Williams	(1912)
	Jack Judge	(1912)
Singer	kör

Original title	Vaterland
Composer	Franz Wilhelm Abt
Lyrics	G. Steiger
Singer	kör

Original title	Si tu veux, Marguerite
Composer	Joseph Kosma
Lyrics	Vincent Telly
	Albert Valsien
Singer	Julien Carette
	kör

Original title	La Marseillaise
Composer	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle	(1792)
Lyrics	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle	(fransk text 1792)
	Edvard Fredin	(svensk text 1889)
Singer	kör

Original title	Il était un petit navire
Singer	Jean Gabin
	Marcel Dalio

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La grande illusion (1937)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3042

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3044

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Inspelningsmanus

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	French

Black and white print	SET
Slides	1
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck