CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 0h 55m

1940: Taking over French Cinema

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Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.

Directed byPierre-Henri Gibert

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Released
Runtime
0h 55m
Language
FR
Released
May 19, 2019
Studios
Talweg ProductionFrance TélévisionsHistoire TV

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Self (voice)

Louis-Émile Galey

Self (archive footage)

Claude Heymann

Self (archive footage)

Jean Dréville

Jean Dréville

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Carné

Marcel Carné

Self (archive footage)

Raoul Ploquin

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Henri Calef

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Self (archive footage)

Michel Duran

Michel Duran

Self (archive footage)

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Pierre-Henri Gibert
Pierre-Henri Gibert
Written by
Pierre-Henri Gibert
Pierre-Henri Gibert
Produced by
Vincent Gazaigne

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