Paradise Lost (1940 film)
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| Directed by | Abel Gance |
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| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Léonide Azar |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Tarice Film |
| Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Paradise Lost (French: Paradis perdu) is a 1940 French war drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco and Micheline Presle.[1] In pre-First World War Paris, an aspiring artist falls in love with a dressmaker. After she dies in childbirth he volunteers to take part in a dangerous mission during the war. Badly wounded, he nonetheless recovers, and returns home to bring up his only daughter.
Cast
- Fernand Gravey as Le peintre Pierre Leblanc
- Elvire Popesco as Sonia Vorochine
- Micheline Presle as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblanc
- André Alerme as le couturier Raoul Calou
- Monique Rolland as Laurence Aubujan
- Robert Le Vigan as Édouard Bordenave
- Robert Pizani as Le couturier Bernard Lesage
- Jane Marken as Madame Bonneron – la concierge
- Marcel Delaître as Le capitaine
- Les Bluebell Girls as Les girls à l'inauguration de la Marie-Galante
- Gérard Landry as Gérard Aubujan
References
- ^ The A to Z of French Cinema p.181
Bibliography
- Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. (2009) The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press.
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